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Thermal conductivity enhancement of aluminum scandium nitride grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Gustavo A. Alvareza Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7885-8275View further author information
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Joseph Casamentob Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8621-1145View further author information
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Len van Deurzenc School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-2740View further author information
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Md Irfan Khand Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5001-0600View further author information
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Kamruzzaman Khane Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7631-7977View further author information
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Eugene Jeonga Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAView further author information
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Elaheh Ahmadid Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA;f Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8330-9366View further author information
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Huili Grace Xingb Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;g School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-3839View further author information
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Debdeep Jenab Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;c School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA;g School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4076-4625View further author information
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Zhiting Tiana Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1048-1054 | Received 11 Sep 2023, Published online: 14 Nov 2023

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