Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials
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Qian, X., Zhou, J., & Chen, G. (2021). Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials. Nature Materials, 20(9), 1188–1202.

Authors 3
  1. Xin Qian (first)
  2. Jiawei Zhou (additional)
  3. Gang Chen (additional)
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@article{Qian_2021, title={Phonon-engineered extreme thermal conductivity materials}, volume={20}, ISSN={1476-4660}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00918-3}, DOI={10.1038/s41563-021-00918-3}, number={9}, journal={Nature Materials}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Qian, Xin and Zhou, Jiawei and Chen, Gang}, year={2021}, month=mar, pages={1188–1202} }