Heat conduction tuning by wave nature of phonons

• Published in: Science advances Vol. 3; no. 8; p. e1700027
• Main Authors: Maire, Jeremie, Anufriev, Roman, Yanagisawa, Ryoto, Ramiere, Aymeric, Volz, Sebastian, Nomura, Masahiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 04.08.2017; American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Condensed Matter; Engineering Sciences; Materials Science; Mechanics; Micro and nanotechnologies; Microelectronics; Physical Sciences; Physics; SciAdv r-articles; Thermics

Perfectly periodic structures modify the transport properties of heat carriers by interference effect and hinder heat transport. The world communicates to our senses of vision, hearing, and touch in the language of waves, because light, sound, and even heat essentially consist of microscopic vibrati...