Schematic of the principle and acquired image of thermal wave observation at the nanoscale (IMAGE)

National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Schematic of the principle and acquired image of thermal wave observation at the nanoscale

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(a) System used to characterize nanoscale heat propagation within material specimens. (b) Map showing different degrees of resistance to heat propagation (thermal wave phase differences) in a polycrystalline aluminum nitride specimen.

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Naoyuki Kawamoto National Institute for Materials Science

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