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Size Effect on the Thermal Conductivity of Small Dielectric Crystals
Author(s) -
nenmacher Th. F.,
Wunderle R.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220820128
Subject(s) - curvature , thermal conductivity , dielectric , materials science , condensed matter physics , conductivity , basis (linear algebra) , simple (philosophy) , thermodynamics , composite material , physics , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics , philosophy , optoelectronics , epistemology
The influence of the size effect on the thermal conductivity of dielectric crystals is discussed and on the basis of the Callaway‐Debye theory a simple formula is derived which incorporates both, a surface and a curvature term.