It has been almost thirty years since the publication of a book that is entirely dedicated to the theory, description, characterization and measurement of the thermal conductivity of solids. The recen
Papers from a November 2007 symposium are presented here, in sections on nanocomposites, chalcogenides, bulk thermoelectrics, thin films and thermionics, thin films and devices, and new and emerging m
The presentations from the symposium are grouped into the following topics: skutterudites, superlattice, new materials, quantum wires and dots, half-heusler alloys and quasicrystals, TE theory, thermi