Publisher's Synopsis
An up-to-date account of theoretical and experimental aspects of heat transport in semiconductors is given in this book. The text outlines diverse heat transport processes and describes salient features of the thermal conductivity of different classes of semiconductors. It also provides hard-to-find coverage of the nonparabolicity of energy bands on electronic thermal conductivity; thermal conduction in amorphous, liquid, and organic semiconductors; magnon thermal conductivity in magnetic materials; and applications of thermal conductivity studies. The book is illustrated.
