Nanocrystal Ordering Enhances Thermal Transport and Mechanics in Single-Domain Colloidal Nanocrystal Superlattices
- Award ID(s):
- 1654337
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10344361
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Volume:
- 22
- Issue:
- 12
- ISSN:
- 1530-6984
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 4669 to 4676
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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