The rapid development of faster, cheaper, and more powerful computing has led to some of
the most important technological and societal advances in modern history. However, the …

This review discusses recent advances in materials engineering to control thermal
conductivity. We begin by presenting theories of heat conduction for general material …

A diverse spectrum of technology drivers such as improved thermal barriers, higher
efficiency thermoelectric energy conversion, phase-change memory, heat-assisted magnetic …

Heat transfer can differ distinctly at the nanoscale from that at the macroscale. Recent
advancement in computational and experimental techniques has enabled a large number of …

The actinide oxides have been extensively studied in the context of the nuclear fuel cycle.
They are also of fundamental interest as members of a class of strongly correlated materials …

We report electrical conductance and thermopower measurements on InAs nanowires
synthesized by chemical vapor deposition. Gate modulation of the thermopower of individual …

Solid-state thermoelectric devices are currently used in applications ranging from
thermocouple sensors to power generators in space missions, to portable air-conditioners …

Solid-state thermoelectric devices are currently used in applications ranging from
thermocouple sensors to power generators in satellites, to portable air-conditioners and …

In optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and photodetectors, a portion of electron-hole
pairs is generated as so-called hot carriers with an excess kinetic energy that is typically lost …

We report the observation of a thermoelectric power factor in InAs nanowires that exceeds
that predicted by a single-band bulk model by up to an order of magnitude at temperatures …