Focus Session: Low Dimensional Thermoelectric Systems and Theory I

Presentations

• Molecular Dynamics Study of Heat Transport in Silicon--Germanium Nanoscale Metamaterials

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 2:30 PM – March 2, 2015, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Weinan Chen

    • Materials Science Department, Pennsylvania State University

  • Gerald Mahan

    • Department of Physics,Pennsylvania State University

  • Vincent Crespi

    • Department of Physics,Pennsylvania State University

  • Ismaila Dabo

    • The Pennsylvania State University
    • Pennsylvania State University
    • Materials Science Department, Pennsylvania State University

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• First principles study of thermoelectric properties of IV-VI semiconductor superlattices

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 2:42 PM – March 2, 2015, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • P.D. Borges

    • Texas State University, USA
    • Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil

  • J.E. Petersen

    • Texas State University, USA

  • L. Scolfaro

    • Texas State University, USA

  • H.W. Leite Alves

    • Universidade Federal de Sao Joao del Rei, Brazil

  • T.H. Myers

    • Texas State University, USA

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• How bilayer excitons can greatly enhance thermoelectric efficiency

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 2:54 PM – March 2, 2015, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Kai Wu

    • Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Louk Rademaker

    • Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California Santa Barbara

  • Jan Zaanen

    • Institute-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University

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• Effect of phonon-blocking at sintered interfaces

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  March 2, 2015, 3:06 PM – March 2, 2015, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • Junichiro Shiomi

    • The University of Tokyo, PRESTO Japan Science and Technology
    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo
    • The University of Tokyo

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• Thermal boundary resistance in Si/Ge interfaces determined by approach-to-equilibrium simulations

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 3:42 PM – March 2, 2015, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • marcello puligheddu

    • Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy

  • Konstanze Hahn

    • Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy

  • Claudio Melis

    • Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy

  • Luciano Colombo

    • Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy

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• Enhancing the thermoelectric performance and bridging the $p$- and $n$-type carrier asymmetry of Bi$_{2}$Te$_{3}$ thin films \textit{via} topological surface states

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 3:54 PM – March 2, 2015, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Huijun Liu

    • Wuhan University

  • Zhenyu Zhang

    • University of Science and Technology of China

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• Specific Heat and Thermoelectric Power of Germanane

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 4:06 PM – March 2, 2015, 4:18 PM

  Authors

  • Bin He

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Ohio State University, Columbus OH, 43210

  • Nicholas Cultrara

    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Ohio State University

  • Hyungyu Jin

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Ohio State University

  • Lucas Lindsay

    • Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831

  • David Broido

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

  • Joshua Goldberger

    • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Ohio State University

  • Joseph Heremans

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Physics, the Ohio State University

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• Length scale dependent of thermal conductivity of Si-Ge alloys

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 4:18 PM – March 2, 2015, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • Long Chen

    • University of Virginia

  • S. Joseph Poon

    • University of Virginia

  • Brian Donovan

    • University of Virginia

  • John T. Gaskins

    • University of Virginia

  • Patrick Hopkins

    • University of Virginia

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• Calculations of the thermopower in materials with nano-inclusions using quantum mechanical simulations

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 4:30 PM – March 2, 2015, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Neophytos Neophytou

    • School of Engineering, University of Warwick

  • Mischa Thesberg

    • Institute for Microelectronics, Technical Univesrity of Vienna

  • Mahdi Pourfath

    • Vienna Univ of Technology
    • Institute for Microelectronics, Technical Univesrity of Vienna

  • Hans Kosina

    • Vienna Univ of Technology
    • Institute for Microelectronics, Technical Univesrity of Vienna

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• Electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of (PbSe)$_{\mathrm{m}}$/(SnSe)$_{\mathrm{n}}$ superlattice: A first principles study

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 4:42 PM – March 2, 2015, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Duc Cuong Do

    • Department of Physics and Energy Harvest Storage Research Center, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, South Korea

  • S.H. Rhim

    • Department of Physics and Energy Harvest Storage Research Center , University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, South Korea

  • Soon Cheol Hong

    • Univ of Ulsan
    • Department of Physics and Energy Harvest Storage Research Center, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, Republic of Korea
    • Department of Physics and Energy Harvest Storage Research Center , University of Ulsan, Ulsan 680-749, South Korea

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• Tuning thermal transport ultra-thin silicon membranes: Influence of surface nanostructures

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 4:54 PM – March 2, 2015, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Sanghamitra Neogi

    • Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

  • Davide Donadio

    • Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany

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• Thermal Conductivity of Nanocrystalline Silicon Prepared by Chemical-Vapor Deposition

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 5:06 PM – March 2, 2015, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Brian Kearney

    • Natl Research Council

  • Xiao Liu

    • Naval Research Labaratory, Code 7130

  • Battogtokh Jugdersuren

    • Sotera Defense Solutions Inc.

  • Daniel Queen

    • Natl Research Council

  • Thomas Metcalf

    • Naval Research Laboratory
    • Naval Research Labaratory, Code 7130

  • James Culbertson

    • Naval Research Labaratory, Code 6876

  • Christopher Chervin

    • Naval Research Labaratory, Code 6171

  • Rhonda Stroud

    • Naval Research Labaratory, Code 6366

  • William Nemeth

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  • Qi Wang

    • National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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• Intrinsic low thermal conductivity and optimization of the thermoelectric figure of merit in epitaxial thin films of CrN

  ORAL

  March 2, 2015, 5:18 PM – March 2, 2015, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Francisco Rivadulla

    • CIQUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782-Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    • University of Santiago de Compostela
    • CIQUS, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782-Santiago de Compostela

  • Camilo Gonzalez-Quintela

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

  • Jackob P. Podkaminer

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

  • Maria N. Luckyanova

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

  • Tula R. Paudel

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.

  • Eric L. Thies

    • Department of Physics, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA.

  • Daniel A. Hillsberry

    • Department of Physics, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA.

  • Dmitri A. Tenne

    • Department of Physics, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA.

  • Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.

  • Gang Chen

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

  • Chang-Beom Eom

    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.

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