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A Semiclassical Study of Carrier Transport combined with Atomistic Calculation of Subbands in Carbon Nanoribbon Transistors

Rondoni D., Hoekstra J., Lenzi M., Grassi R., Technical University of Delft, NL

In this paper we present a self-consistent solution of carrier transport in thin carbon nanoribbons. An atomistic Schroedinger-Poisson solver is coupled with a deterministic solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation. Results in ballistic and phonon [...]

Impact of Heat Source Localization on Conduction Cooling of Silicon-on-Insulator Devices

Sverdrup P.G., Ju Y.S., Goodson K.E., Stanford University, US

The temperature rise in compact silicon devices is strongly underestimated at present by simulations using conventional heat diffusion theory, which is based on the Fourier heat conduction law. This problem is particularly important for devices [...]