Published April 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Photoacoustic study of nanocrystalline silicon produced by mechanical grinding

  • 1. Departamento de Engenharia Mecanica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitario Trindade, C.P. 476, 88040-900 Florianopolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trindade, C.P. 476, 88040-900 Florianopolis, Santa Catarina (Brazil)
  • 3. Secao de Engenharia Mecanica e de Materiais, Instituto Militar de Engenharia, 22290-270 Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

Description

Mechanical grinding (MG) was used to produce nanocrystalline silicon and its thermal and transport properties were investigated by photoacoustic absorption spectroscopy (PAS). The experimental results suggest that in as-milled nanocrystalline silicon for 10 h the heat transfer through the crystalline and interfacial components is similar, and after annealed at 470 oC the heat transfer is controlled by crystalline component.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2011.02.012

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2011.02.012;
PII
S0921-4526(11)00124-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
406
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1627-1632
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

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