Thermal Properties of Nano- and Microstructures

nanostructure;phonon scattering;thermal

Fon, Warren Chung Wah ; Roukes, Michael Lee

University:California Institute of Technology

Department:Engineering and Applied Science

关键词: nanostructure;    phonon scattering;    thermal;   

Others  :  https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2080/1/Thesis.pdf

美国|英语

来源: Caltech THESIS

【 摘 要 】

My work is on the experimental study of thermal conduction in nano and microscale structures. The work is divided into two parts. In the first part, we measure the thermal conductance of a suspended device from 4 to 40 K. The thermal conduction of a suspended, free-standing beam is analyzed to study the effect of phonon scattering on thermal conduction. We conclude that phonon scattering is much more severe in a nanoscale beam than bulk material.

In the second part of the work, we proceed to dynamic measurement to measure the heat capacity of a suspended device. From that we study the origin of heat capacity of a silicon nitride membrane. We conclude that much of the heat capacity comes from the motional tunneling states of the ions. We use the device to demonstrate an ultrasensitive calorimeter with a very high resolution of 0.5 aJ/K. We conclude the work by applying the calorimeter to study the heat capacity of a thin adsorbed film of helium gas.