... events, are elastically scattered, which drives the energy conductance across the interface. It has been shown that at relatively high temperatures (i.e., above the Debye temperature) previously ignored inelastic scattering events can contribute substantially to interfacial transport. In this case...

... conductivity varies linearly with the film thickness, and is temperature-independent for temperatures near or above the Debye’s temperature. thermal conductivity silicon elemental semiconductors semiconductor thin films molecular dynamics method Green's function methods potential energy functions...