Opportunities for mesoscopics in thermometry and refrigeration: Physics and applications

F Giazotto, TT Heikkilä, A Luukanen, AM Savin… - Reviews of Modern …, 2006 - APS
This review presents an overview of the thermal properties of mesoscopic structures. The
discussion is based on the concept of electron energy distribution, and, in particular, on …

Micrometre-scale refrigerators

JT Muhonen, M Meschke… - Reports on Progress in …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A superconductor with a gap in the density of states or a quantum dot with discrete energy
levels is a central building block in realizing an electronic on-chip cooler. They can work as …

[图书][B] Thermoelectrics and its Energy Harvesting, 2-Volume Set

DM Rowe - 2018 - books.google.com
Comprising two volumes, Thermoelectrics and Its Energy Harvesting reviews the vast
improvements in technology and application of thermoelectric energy with a specific …

Phonon–boundary scattering in ultrathin single-crystal silicon layers

W Liu, M Asheghi - Applied Physics Letters, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
Thermal engineering of many nanoscale sensors, actuators, and high-density
thermomechanical data storage devices, as well as the self-heating in deep submicron …

Thermal conductivity measurements of ultra-thin single crystal silicon layers

W Liu, M Asheghi - 2006 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Self-heating in deep submicron transistors (eg, silicon-on-insulator and strained-Si) and
thermal engineering of many nanoscale devices such as nanocalorimeters and high-density …

Thermal conduction in ultra-thin pure and doped single crystal silicon layers at high temperatures

W Liu, M Asheghi - Heat Transfer Summer …, 2005 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This work presents the in-plane thermal conductivity data for pure as well as boron (1.6×
1021/cm3), arsenic (2.3× 1020/cm3) and phosphorus (2.3× 10 20/cm3) doped silicon layers …

[图书][B] Modules, systems, and applications in thermoelectrics

DM Rowe - 2012 - books.google.com
Comprising two volumes, Thermoelectrics and Its Energy Harvesting reviews the dramatic
improvements in technology and application of thermoelectric energy with a specific …

Electronic refrigeration of a two-dimensional electron gas

JR Prance, CG Smith, JP Griffiths, SJ Chorley… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
Measurements are presented of a device designed to cool a 6 μ m 2 region of 2D electron
gas using quantum dots. Electrostatic effects are found to be significant in the device, and a …

On-chip magnetic cooling of a nanoelectronic device

DI Bradley, AM Guénault, D Gunnarsson, RP Haley… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We demonstrate significant cooling of electrons in a nanostructure below 10 mK by
demagnetisation of thin-film copper on a silicon chip. Our approach overcomes the typical …

Thermionic junction devices utilizing phonon blocking

E Mykkänen, JS Lehtinen, L Grönberg… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Electrothermal elements are used in various energy harvesters, coolers, and radiation
detectors. The optimal operation of these elements relies on mastering two competing …