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A Critical Review of Thermal Boundary Conductance across Wide and Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Interfaces

Journal Article · · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
  2. School of Integrated Circuits and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  3. Army Research Directorate (ARD), DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20708, United States
Not provided.
Research Organization:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
2424217
Journal Information:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 15; ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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