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The regime transition at λ β = 1.7 W/m/K between the<br />
thermal insulating and dissipative behaviors is obtained<br />
when β = 45°. This value is related to the close-packed<br />
directions in a membrane plane (for the fcc group). A<br />
significant 4.1 exaltation factor of λ β is found out when β<br />
is increased from 0° (x direction) to 90° (z direction).<br />
IV.<br />
CONCLUSION<br />
A suspended thermal nanomaterial made up of a Si<br />
membrane with stretched SA Ge QDs forming phonon<br />
waveguides is proposed. A hybrid behavior, which can<br />
be either insulating or dissipative is shown for thermal<br />
transport in our nanomaterial. As a consequence, a wide<br />
range of applications can be possibly covered by the<br />
membranous nanomaterial from thermoelectrics to heat<br />
sinking. Phonon wave-guiding is analyzed as a function<br />
of an angle β in a membrane plane. This deflection angle<br />
is defined from the in-plane direction [100], showing a<br />
significant QD constriction, to that [001] of the QD<br />
stretching. As observed from the dispersion curves<br />
computed by lattice dynamics, the throughput thermal<br />
conductivity λ is significantly increased in the direction<br />
[001] with respect to that [100]. Numerical results show<br />
that (i) the suspended nanomaterial has a thermalinsulating<br />
behavior for moderate β-values while (ii) heat<br />
dissipation is much more significant when β is increased<br />
up to 90°. A significant exaltation factor of 4 to 5 folds is<br />
obtained for the throughput λ between these operation<br />
regimes for an example molecular-scale device.<br />
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT<br />
The authors thank the European Consortium NANOPACK<br />
(www.nanopack.org) for its financial contribution.<br />
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