Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Publication Source

Applied Physics Letters

Abstract

In this work, we explore the thermal properties of hexagonal transition metal dichalcogenide compounds with different average atomic masses but equivalent microstructures. Thermal conductivity values of sputtered thin films were compared to bulk crystals. The comparison revealed a >10 fold reduction in thin film thermal conductivity. Structural analysis of the films revealed a turbostratic structure with domain sizes on the order of 5–10 nm. Estimates of phonon scattering lengths at domain boundaries based on computationally derived group velocities were consistent with the observed film microstructure, and accounted for the reduction in thermal conductivity compared to values for bulk crystals.

Inclusive pages

081604-1 to 081604-4

ISBN/ISSN

0003-6951

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

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Publisher

AIP Publishing

Volume

102

Peer Reviewed

yes

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