Effect of pit formation and surface roughness on size-dependent thermal conductivity of nanometer-thick semiconducting films |
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| Authors: | Amit Pratap Singh |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Applied Sciences and Humanities , Manav Rachna College of Engineering , Sector 43, Delhi-Surajkund Road, Faridabad, Haryana, India aps75@rediffmail.com |
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| Abstract: | In this work, the thermal conductivity variation due to pit formation and surface roughness in nanometer-thick semiconducting films has been studied. It is shown that the thermal conductivity of thin films is reduced due to the presence of these effects in the films. This reduction in thermal conductivity is dependent on film thickness. The present analysis has been done on GaAs nanometer-thick films using the available experimental data. |
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| Keywords: | pit formation surface roughness nanometer-thick semiconducting films size effect |
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