Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures

Presentations

• Theory of enhancement of thermoelectric properties of materials with nanoinclusions.

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 10:15 AM – March 11, 2008, 10:27 AM

  Authors

  • Sergey Faleev

    • Sandia National Laboratories

  • Francois Leonard

    • Sandia National Laboratories

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• Measurement of Cross-plane Thermoelectric Properties of Thin Film Structures with UHV Scanning Thermoelectric Microscopy

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 10:27 AM – March 11, 2008, 10:39 AM

  Authors

  • Yong Lee

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Anastassios Mavrokefalos

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Michael Pettes

    • The University of Texas at Austin

  • Li Shi

    • University of Texas-Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, Austin

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• Micro- and nanomachined tools for measuring thermopower and in-plane thermal conductivity of thermoelectric thin films

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 10:39 AM – March 11, 2008, 10:51 AM

  Authors

  • Azure Avery

    • University of Denver

  • Rubina Sultan

    • University of Denver

  • Greg Stiehl

    • University of Denver

  • Barry Zink

    • University of Denver

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• Thermopower and Electrical Conductivity of PbSe Nanocrystal Thin Films

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 10:51 AM – March 11, 2008, 11:03 AM

  Authors

  • Robert Wang

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Joseph Feser

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Jong-Soo Lee

    • University of Chicago

  • Dmitri Talapin

    • University of Chicago

  • R.A. Segalman

    • UC Berkeley
    • UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories
    • University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • University of California, Berkeley
    • Chem. Eng. UC Berkeley
    • University of California Berkeley

  • Arun Majumdar

    • UC Berkeley
    • Mech. Eng, UC Berkeley
    • University of California, Berkeley

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 11, 2008, 11:03 AM – March 11, 2008, 11:15 AM

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• First Principles Studies of Phonon Dispersion and Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Silicon Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 11:15 AM – March 11, 2008, 11:27 AM

  Authors

  • Trinh Vo

    • LLNL

  • Tadashi Ogitsu

    • LLNL

  • Eric Schwegler

    • Physical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • LLNL
    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    • Lawrence Livermore National Lab

  • Giulia Galli

    • University of California-Davis
    • UC Davis
    • Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis
    • University of California, Davis
    • Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
    • University of California Davis

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• Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance in Rough Silicon Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 11:27 AM – March 11, 2008, 11:39 AM

  Authors

  • Renkun Chen

    • Dept. of Mech. Engr., UC Berkeley

  • Allon I. Hochbaum

    • Dept. of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

  • Raul Diaz Delgado

    • Dept. of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

  • Wenjie Liang

    • Dept. of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

  • Erik C. Garnett

    • Dept. of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

  • Mark Najarian

    • Dept. of Materials Sci. \& Engr., UC Berkeley

  • Arun Majumdar

    • Dept. of Mech. Engr., UC Berkeley

  • Peidong Yang

    • Dept. of Chemistry, UC Berkeley

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• Enhanced thermoelectric properties in silicon nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 11:39 AM – March 11, 2008, 11:51 AM

  Authors

  • Slobodan Mitrovic

    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

  • Jen-Kan Yu

    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

  • Akram Boukai

    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

  • Jamil Tahir-Kheli

    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

  • William A. Goddard

    • California Institute of Technology
    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

  • James R. Heath

    • Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125

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• Atomistic Modeling and Optimization of thermoelectric properties of SiGe nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 11:51 AM – March 11, 2008, 12:03 PM

  Authors

  • Maria Chan

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Ying Shirley Meng

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Tim Mueller

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Gerbrand Ceder

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • John Reed

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Trinh Vo

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Andrew Williamson

    • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • Giulia Galli

    • University of California, Davis

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• Strain-superlattice nanowires via SiGe epitaxy on ultrathin Si ribbons

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 12:03 PM – March 11, 2008, 12:15 PM

  Authors

  • C. Ritz

    • Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Yu Zhang

    • Univ. of Utah

  • Decai Yu

    • University of Utah
    • Univ. of Utah

  • Donald Savage

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • C.-H. Lee

    • California State Univ.-Fresno

  • Feng Liu

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT-84122
    • University of Utah

  • Max. G. Lagally

    • University of Wisconsin Madison
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin, Madison
    • University of Wisconsins-Madison

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• Thermoelectric Properties of Semiconducting Silicide Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 12:15 PM – March 11, 2008, 12:27 PM

  Authors

  • Song Jin

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Jeannine Sczech

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Jeremy Higgins

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Feng Zhou

    • University of Texas-Austin

  • Li Shi

    • University of Texas-Austin

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• Investigation of Thermoelectric Transport in Individual Bismuth Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 12:27 PM – March 11, 2008, 12:39 PM

  Authors

  • Arden Moore

    • University of Texas-Austin

  • Michael Pettes

    • University of Texas-Austin

  • Anastassios Mavrokefalos

    • University of Texas-Austin

  • Li Shi

    • University of Texas-Austin
    • The University of Texas at Austin
    • University of Texas, Austin

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• Thermopower Measurements of Pure and Sn (Te) Doped Bismuth Nanowires

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 12:39 PM – March 11, 2008, 12:51 PM

  Authors

  • Tito Huber

    • Howard University. Washington DC 20059

  • A. Adeyeye

    • Howard University. Washington, DC 20059

  • A. Nikolaeva

    • Academy of Sciences Moldova

  • L. Konopko

    • Academy of Sciences Moldova

  • R. Johnson

    • Department of Physics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

  • M.J. Graf

    • Department of Physics. Boston College. Chestnut Hill MA 02467

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• Tuning the Thermoelectric Properties of Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 12:51 PM – March 11, 2008, 1:03 PM

  Authors

  • K. Baheti

    • UC Berkeley
    • Chemistry UC Berkeley
    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

  • J.A. Malen

    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

  • P. Doak

    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

  • T.D. Tilley

    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

  • A. Majumdar

    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

  • R. Segalman

    • Univ. of California, Berkeley

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• Transport properties and the thermoelectric figure-of-merit of single molecule systems.

  ORAL

  March 11, 2008, 1:03 PM – March 11, 2008, 1:15 PM

  Authors

  • Padraig Murphy

    • Department of Physics, UC Berkeley

  • Subroto Mukerjee

    • Department of Physics, UC Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Joel Moore

    • Berkeley
    • Department of Physics, University of California, and Material Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
    • Department of Physics, UC Berkeley, and Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
    • UC Berkeley

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