Integrated Combinatorial control of Electrical and Thermal transport properties in Silicides

硅化物是几种重要技术的组成部分，但目前对其性质的了解是分散和不完整的。许多阶段仍然需要探索，有一个系统的测定和了解其传输properties的迫切需要。我们将介绍一种新的方法来测量溅射材料库的热导率，并在最彻底的相稳定性，热和电输运性能的调查，到目前为止，一个全面的，系统的和相结合的实验和理论数据集将产生。数据挖掘技术将被用来寻找复杂相的稳定性和热输运性质之间的相关性。此外，多相硅化物与定制的传输性能将被设计，从而展示了一个集成的组合控制的电和热传输性能的硅化物。

Silicides are an integral part of several important technologies, but current knowledge of their properties is fragmented and incomplete. Many phases still need to be explored and there is an urgent need for systematic determination and understanding of their transport properties.We will introduce a novel method to measure the thermal conductivity of sputtered material libraries and, in the most thorough investigation of phase stability, thermal and electric transport properties to date, a comprehensive, systematic and combined experimental and theoretical dataset will be produced. Data-mining techniques will be employed to find the underlying correlations between stability and thermal transport properties of complex phases. Furthermore, multi-phase silicides with tailored transport properties will be designed, thereby demonstrating an integrated combinatorial control of electrical and thermal transport properties in silicides.