Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Full Heusler Semiconductors

He, Jiangang; Amsler, Maximilian; Xia, Yi; Naghavi, S. Shahab; Hegde, Vinay I.; Hao, Shiqiang; Goedecker, Stefan; Ozoliņš, Vidvuds; Wolverton, Chris

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.046602

Ultralow Thermal Conductivity in Full Heusler Semiconductors

Journal Article · Thu Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.046602· OSTI ID:1267550

He, Jiangang; Amsler, Maximilian; Xia, Yi; Naghavi, S. Shahab; Hegde, Vinay I.; Hao, Shiqiang; Goedecker, Stefan; Ozoliņš, Vidvuds; Wolverton, Chris

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