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Thermal conductivity of indium arsenide nanowires with wurtzite and zinc blende phases

Zhou, Feng ; Moore, Arden L. ; Bolinsson, Jessica LU ; Persson, Ann LU ; Fröberg, Linus LU ; Pettes, Michael T. ; Kong, Huijun ; Rabenberg, Lew ; Caroff, Philippe and Stewart, Derek A. , et al. (2011) In Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics) 83(20).
Abstract
The thermal conductivity of wurtzite and zinc blende indium arsenide nanowires was measured using a microfabricated device, with the crystal structure of each sample controlled during growth and determined by transmission electron microscopy. Nanowires of both phases showed a reduction of the thermal conductivity by a factor of 2 or more compared to values reported for zinc blende indium arsenide bulk crystals within the measured temperature range. Theoretical models were developed to analyze the measurement results and determine the effect of phase on phonon transport. Branch-specific phonon dispersion data within the discretized first Brillouin zone were calculated from first principles and used in numerical models of volumetric heat... (More)
The thermal conductivity of wurtzite and zinc blende indium arsenide nanowires was measured using a microfabricated device, with the crystal structure of each sample controlled during growth and determined by transmission electron microscopy. Nanowires of both phases showed a reduction of the thermal conductivity by a factor of 2 or more compared to values reported for zinc blende indium arsenide bulk crystals within the measured temperature range. Theoretical models were developed to analyze the measurement results and determine the effect of phase on phonon transport. Branch-specific phonon dispersion data within the discretized first Brillouin zone were calculated from first principles and used in numerical models of volumetric heat capacity and thermal conductivity. The combined results of the experimental and theoretical studies suggest that wurtzite indium arsenide possesses similar volumetric heat capacity, weighted average group velocity, weighted average phonon-phonon scattering mean free path, and anharmonic scattering-limited thermal conductivity as the zinc blende phase. Hence, we attribute the differing thermal conductivity values observed in the indium arsenide nanowires of different phases to differences in the surface scattering mean free paths between the nanowire samples. (Less)
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Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
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83
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20
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205416
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American Physical Society
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1098-0121
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10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205416
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English
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  abstract     = {{The thermal conductivity of wurtzite and zinc blende indium arsenide nanowires was measured using a microfabricated device, with the crystal structure of each sample controlled during growth and determined by transmission electron microscopy. Nanowires of both phases showed a reduction of the thermal conductivity by a factor of 2 or more compared to values reported for zinc blende indium arsenide bulk crystals within the measured temperature range. Theoretical models were developed to analyze the measurement results and determine the effect of phase on phonon transport. Branch-specific phonon dispersion data within the discretized first Brillouin zone were calculated from first principles and used in numerical models of volumetric heat capacity and thermal conductivity. The combined results of the experimental and theoretical studies suggest that wurtzite indium arsenide possesses similar volumetric heat capacity, weighted average group velocity, weighted average phonon-phonon scattering mean free path, and anharmonic scattering-limited thermal conductivity as the zinc blende phase. Hence, we attribute the differing thermal conductivity values observed in the indium arsenide nanowires of different phases to differences in the surface scattering mean free paths between the nanowire samples.}},
  author       = {{Zhou, Feng and Moore, Arden L. and Bolinsson, Jessica and Persson, Ann and Fröberg, Linus and Pettes, Michael T. and Kong, Huijun and Rabenberg, Lew and Caroff, Philippe and Stewart, Derek A. and Mingo, Natalio and Dick Thelander, Kimberly and Samuelson, Lars and Linke, Heiner and Shi, Li}},
  issn         = {{1098-0121}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{20}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society}},
  series       = {{Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)}},
  title        = {{Thermal conductivity of indium arsenide nanowires with wurtzite and zinc blende phases}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205416}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.83.205416}},
  volume       = {{83}},
  year         = {{2011}},
}