Reduced phase space of heat-carrying acoustic phonons in single-crystalline InTe
Shantanu Misra, Céline Barreteau, Jean‐Claude Crivello, Valentina M. Giordano, J. P. Castellan, Y. Sidis, Petr Levinský, J. Hejtmánek, B. Malaman, A. Dauscher, B. Lenoir, Christophe Candolfi, S. Pailhès
Abstract
The authors explore the origin of the low lattice thermal conductivity in the chalcogenide InTe using lattice dynamics calculations and inelastic neutron scattering experiments on a Bridgman-grown single crystal.
Topics & Concepts
ChalcogenidePhononCondensed matter physicsInelastic neutron scatteringMaterials scienceThermal conductivityLattice (music)ScatteringInelastic scatteringCrystal structureSingle crystalPhysicsOpticsCrystallographyChemistryOptoelectronicsComposite materialAcousticsAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and DevicesThermal properties of materialsPhase-change materials and chalcogenides