Heat Transport in Nanostructured Materials and Thin Dielectric Films

We are conducting research to understand acoustic wave propagation in nanostructured materials, in terms of thin films, nanocrystallites, and low dimensional systems. Development in micro- and nano-fabrication technologies has enabled exciting advances in photonic and nano-electronic devices. As we push state-of-the-art fabrication and measurement capability to yet smaller domains, approaching nanometer length scales, we expect similar progress can be made in the phononic properties of materials and hence to control the basic pho...