Suppressed electronic contribution in thermal conductivity of Ge2Sb2Se4Te

Kiumars Aryana; Yifei Zhang; John A. Tomko; Md Shafkat Bin Hoque; Eric R. Hoglund; David H. Olson; Joyeeta Nag; John C. Read; Carlos Ríos; Juejun Hu; Patrick E. Hopkins

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27121-x

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Suppressed electronic contribution in thermal conductivity of Ge2Sb2Se4Te

Kiumars Aryana,
Yifei Zhang,
John A. Tomko,
Md Shafkat Bin Hoque,
Eric R. Hoglund,
David H. Olson,
Joyeeta Nag,
John C. Read,
Carlos Ríos,
Juejun Hu,
Patrick E. Hopkins

Affiliations

Kiumars Aryana: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Yifei Zhang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John A. Tomko: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Md Shafkat Bin Hoque: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Eric R. Hoglund: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
David H. Olson: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
Joyeeta Nag: Western Digital Corporation
John C. Read: Western Digital Corporation
Carlos Ríos: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland
Juejun Hu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrick E. Hopkins: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27121-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Integrated nanophotonics is an emerging research direction that has attracted great interests. Here, the authors show upon substituting Te with Se, the thermal conductivity of ordered Ge2Sb2Te5 transitions from an electron to a phonon dominated regime.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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