Thermal Nanosystems and Nanomaterials

Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and convection change when the dimensions of the systems in question shrink. The altered behaviours can be used efficiently in energy conversion, respectively bio- and high-performance materials to control microelectronic devices. To understand and model...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Volz, Sebastian (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Series:Topics in Applied Physics, 118
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Heat transfer laws for conduction, radiation and convection change when the dimensions of the systems in question shrink. The altered behaviours can be used efficiently in energy conversion, respectively bio- and high-performance materials to control microelectronic devices. To understand and model those thermal mechanisms, specific metrologies have to be established. This book provides an overview of actual devices and materials involving micro-nanoscale heat transfer mechanisms. These are clearly explained and exemplified by a large spectrum of relevant physical models, while the most advanced nanoscale thermal metrologies are presented.
Physical Description:XX, 588 p. 50 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783642042584
ISSN:0303-4216 ;