Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10714103 | Physica B: Condensed Matter | 2012 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The ultrasonic properties of single crystalline indium nitride nanowires (InN NWs) are studied for wire size (diameter) 6-100Â nm at 300Â K following the interaction potential model. Ultrasonic attenuation, ultrasonic velocity, acoustic coupling constant and thermal relaxation time are calculated using higher order elastic constants and thermal conductivity of the nanowires. The analysis of size dependent thermal relaxation time and ultrasonic properties shows that above the 20Â nm diameter, InN nanowire tends towards its bulk material property. The third order polynomial is found to be best fit for size variation of thermal relaxation time. The ultrasonic attenuation as a function of size of the nanowires is found to be mainly affected by the thermal conductivity of the nanowires of different sizes.
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Authors
S.K. Verma, D.K. Pandey, R.R. Yadav,