Anisotropic failure of Fourier theory in time-domain thermoreflectance experiments

R. B. Wilson () and David G. Cahill
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R. B. Wilson: Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois
David G. Cahill: Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois

Nature Communications, 2014, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract The applicability of Fourier’s law to heat transfer problems relies on the assumption that heat carriers have mean free paths smaller than important length scales of the temperature profile. This assumption is not generally valid in nanoscale thermal transport problems where spacing between boundaries is small (

Date: 2014
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