The Heat Flow through Nanoscale Wires Faces a Fundamental Limit
JUN 01, 2000
Researchers have measured the quantum of thermal conductance, an upper bound on the heat that each phonon can carry. The results imply possible heat dissipation problems for future nanoscale circuits.
DOI: 10.1063/1.1306360
If a conducting wire is sufficiently narrow, the electrical conductance through it is quantized, increasing in steps of
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