Nanowires are filamentary crystals with a tailored diameter that can be obtained using a
plethora of different synthesis techniques. In this review, we focus on the vapor phase …

As the size of materials, particles, and devices shrinks to nanometer, atomic, or even
quantum scale, it is more challenging to characterize their thermal properties reliably …

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

Elementary particles such as electrons, or photons, are frequent subjects of wave-nature-
driven investigations, unlike collective excitations such as phonons. The demonstration of …

Recent advances in semiconductor thermoelectric physics and materials are reviewed. A
key requirement to improve the energy conversion efficiency is to increase the Seebeck …

Wave interference modifies phonon velocities and density of states, and in doing so creates
forbidden energy bandgaps for thermal phonons. Materials that exhibit wave interference …

This fully updated second edition of The Physics of Phonons remains the most
comprehensive theoretical discussion devoted to the study of phonons, a major area of …

Thermal to electrical energy conversion, through thermoelectric and thermionic materials,
has been proposed to be much more efficient in lower dimensional materials at the …

Atomic substitution in alloys can efficiently scatter phonons, thereby reducing the thermal
conductivity in crystalline solids to the “alloy limit.” Using In 0.53 Ga 0.47 As containing ErAs …

The rise of graphene has motivated intensive investigation into other two‐dimensional
layered materials (2DLMs). In addition to their superior optical, electrical, and mechanical …