Thermal transport at the nanoscale level is attracting attention not only because of its
physically interesting features such as the peculiar behavior of phonons due to their …

The idea of using metamaterials for thermoelectrics was proposed 10 years ago. Enhanced
thermoelectric effects and decreased thermal conduction are theoretically demonstrated due …

Aperiodic nano-waveguides (nWVGs) and superlattices (SLs) limit phonon transmission and
heat conduction much more efficiently than periodic ones. They could block parasitic heat …

We report the observation of a thermoelectric power factor in InAs nanowires that exceeds
that predicted by a single-band bulk model by up to an order of magnitude at temperatures …

Semiconductor nanowires are potential building blocks for future thermoelectrics because of
their low thermal conductivity. Recent theoretical works suggest that thermal conductivity of …

The thermal conductivity of diameter and polytype modulated SiC nanowires is predicted
using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics. For the polytype modulated nanowires, the two …

Compared with the bulk, one-dimensional (1D) nanostructural materials exhibit enhanced
thermoelectric performance. The figures of merit for most bulk materials used in practical …

Optimization of heat transfer at the nanoscale is necessary for efficient modern technology
applications in nanoelectronics, energy conversion, and quantum technologies. In such …

Junctions based on electronic ballistic waveguides, such as semiconductor nanowires or
nanoribbons with transverse structural variations in the order of a large fraction of their Fermi …

Maximizing thermoelectric efficiency is typically addressed as identical to minimizing
parasitic thermal conduction. Such an approach relies on the assumption that the adopted …