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Pushing the boundaries of the thermal conductivity of materials

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Back to experiment: Can we lower <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>conductivity</strong> even fur<strong>the</strong>r?<br />

• Syn<strong>the</strong>size misfit<br />

layered compounds by<br />

elemental reactants<br />

method (Johnson and<br />

co-workers)<br />

–WSe2 /PbTe<br />

–MoSe2 /PbTe<br />

• Interface density does<br />

not matter. Conductivity<br />

determined by<br />

composition not<br />

interface density.<br />

Λ (W m -1 K -1 )<br />

0.3<br />

0.1<br />

(2;3)<br />

(1;3)<br />

(1;5)<br />

(1;2)<br />

(2;1)<br />

(2;2)<br />

(3;3)<br />

(1;1)<br />

(4.5;1)<br />

(3;1)<br />

(PbSe) m : (MoSe2 ) n<br />

0.03<br />

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0<br />

PbSe content

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