The International Conference on Thermoelectrics, August 1999

The 18^th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
August 29 through September 2, 1999
Hyatt Regency, Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland

Agenda

General/All (A&B)

Maroon - Ballroom A & B

Blue - Ballroom C & D

Sunday, 8/29/99

1:00pm - 6:00pm
5:00pm - 9:00pm
8:00pm - 9:30pm ITS Board Meeting
Reception / Registration
Rump Session (Click here for more details)

Monday, 8/30/99

General Session - Large - A & B

7:00am - 9:00am
8:15am - 8:30am
8:30am - 9:30am
9:30am - 9:50am
Registration / Continental Breakfast
Dr. Alexander Ehrlich (Conference Chairman) and Dr. Mike Rowe (President / International Thermoelectrics Society - Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Delores Etter, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Science and Technology - Keynote Address
Dr. Larry Dubois, Director / Defense Sciences Office / DARPA - Introduction to the DARPA Program on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices

9:50am - 10:15am B R E A K

SKUTTERUDITES I - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: T. Caillat

10:15am - 10:45am D.C. Johnson (Invited) University of Oregon - MO-SKIO.01
Synthesis of Skutterudite Superlattice Compounds by Controlled Crystallization of Elementally Modulated Reactants

10:45am - 11:00am J.L. Feldman, Naval Research Laboratory - MO-SKIO.02
Theory of Vibrational Properties of Lanthanum-Iron4=Antimony12

11:00am - 11:15am J.C. Tedenac, Universite De Montpellier II - MO-SKIO.03
Skutterudite Cased New Thermoelectric Compounds

11:15am - 11:30am M. Fornari, CSI George Mason Univ. & NRL - MO-SKIO.04
Prediction of High Room Temperature Thermopower in n-Type Filled Skutterudites La-Ru-Rh-Sb

11:30am - 11:45am D.C. Johnson/H. Sellinchegg, University of Oregon - MO-SKIO.05
The Effect of Various Filler Atoms on the Thermoelectric Properties of Ternary Skutterudites

COOLING DEVICES - BALLROOM C & D           SESSION CHAIR: J.-P. Fleurial

10:15am - 10:30am C. LaBounty, University of California, Santa Barbara - MO-CDEO.01
Design of Integrated Thin Film Coolers

10:30am - 10:45am A. Miner, University of California, Berkeley - MO-CDEO.02
The Application of Transient Thermoelectric Effects in a Thermo-electro-mechanical Cooler

10:45am - 11:00am K.A. Moores, University of Maryland - MO-CDEO.03
Performance Assessment Of Thermoelectric Coolers For Use In High Temperature Electronics Applications

11:00am - 11:30am A. Shakouri (Invited), University of California, Santa Cruz - MO-CDEO.04
Material Optimization for Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers

11:30am - 11:45am Break

11:45am - 1:30pm L U N C H

HALF HEUSLER - BALLROOM A & B           SESSION CHAIR: T. Tritt

1:30pm - 2:00pm J. Poon (Invited), University of Virginia - MO-HHEO.01
Metal-Non Metal Transition and Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in Half-Heusler Alloys

2:00pm - 2:15pm S.D. Mahanti, Michigan State University - MO-HHEO.02
Physics of the Gap Formation in Half - Heusler and Complex Bismuth Chalcogenide Systems - Narrow Gap Semicondutors

2:15pm - 2:30pm C. Uher, University of Michigan - MO-HHEO.03
Bismuth-Doped ZrNiSn Intermetallics

2:30pm - 2:45pm K. Matsubara, Science Univ. of Tokyo in Yamaguchi - MO-HHEO.04
Electrical properties of half-metallic PtMnSb-based Heusler alloys

2:45pm - 3:00pm B.A. Cook, Ames Laboratory - Iowa State University - MO-HHEO.05
High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of MniSn (M=Zr,Hf)

WASTE HEAT - BALLROOM C & D           SESSION CHAIR: S. Yamaguchi

1:30pm - 1:45pm J.W. Stevens, Mississippi State University - MO-WHEO.01
Heat Transfer and Thermoelectric Design Considerations for a Ground-source Thermoelectric Generator

1:45pm - 2:00pm T. Eura, Ion Eng. Research Institute Corp. - MO-WHEO.02
Research And Development On A Thermoelectric Power Generating System Using Low-Calorie Exhaust Gas (II)

2:00pm - 2:15pm D.J. Bergman, Tel Aviv University - MO-WHEO.03
Enhancement of Thermoelectric Power Factor in Composite Thermoelectrics

2:15pm - 2:30pm D. Allen, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - MO-WHEO.04
Further Development of "Self-Powered Boilers"

2:30pm - 2:45pm Satarou Yamaguchi, National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan - MO-WHEO.05
New Proposal of High Temperature Thermoelectric Conversion in Power Plant

2:45pm - 3:00pm A. Kondo/Yamaguchi, Toshiba Corporation, Japan - MO-WHEO.06
New Proposal of Medium Temperature Thermoelectric Conversion in Power Plant (II)

3:00pm - 3:30pm B R E A K

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES I - BALLROOM A & B           SESSION CHAIR: T.L. Reinecke

3:30pm - 4:00pm M.S. Dresselhaus (Invited), Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MO-TFIO.01
Advances in 1D and 2D Thermoelectric Materials

4:00pm - 4:15pm A. Yamamoto, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan - MO-TFIO.02
In-Plane Thermoelectric Properties of Si-Ge Multiple Quantum Wells

4:15pm - 4:30pm R. Venkatasubramanian, Research Triangle Institute - MO-TFIO.03
Phonon-Blocking Electron-Transmitting Structures

4:30pm - 4:45pm J.B. Ketterson, Northwestern University - MO-TFIO.04
Artificially Ordered BiSb Superlattice Alloy: Growth and Thermoelectric Properties

4:45pm - 5:00pm W. Pitschke, Institute of Solid State and Materials, Dreseden, Germany - MO-TFIO.05
High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Doped Iridium Silicide Thin Films

TE MODULE PERFORMANCE - BALLROOM C & D           SESSION CHAIR: J. W. Sharp

3:30pm - 3:45pm U. Ghoshal, IBM Austin Research Laboratory - MO-TEPO.01
Advanced Electronic Microcoolers

3:45pm - 4:00pm R.M. Smythe, Melcor Corporation - MO-TEPO.02
Design, Selection and Modeling Software for Thermoelectric Applications

4:00pm - 4:30pm C. Hilbert (Invited), Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC) - MO-TEPO.03
Thermoelectric MEMS Coolers

4:30pm - 4:45pm A. Lopez, University Politechnical of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - MO-TEPO.04
Frequency Response Of Peltier Cell Considering A Lineal Working Parameter

4:45pm - 5:00pm M.J. Nagy, TE Technology, Inc. - MO-TEPO.05
The Effect of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Frequency on the Reliability of Thermoelectric Modules

7:00pm - 10:00pm Poster Session 1 and Reception - Harborview Room
Heavy Hors d'oeuvres and Beverages

Tuesday, 8/31/99

GENERAL SESSION - LARGE - A & B          SESSION CHAIR: S. Wolf

7:00am - 9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast

8:15am - 9:00am R.C. Chu (Plenary), IBM Corporation - TU-GESO.01
Application of Thermoelectrics to Cooling Electronics: Review and Prospects

9:00am - 9:45am T.C. Harman (Plenary), Lincoln Laboratory, MIT - TU-GESO.02
PbTe-Based Quantum-Dot Thermoelectric Materials with High ZT

9:45am - 10:15am B R E A K

MICRO DEVICES - LARGE - A & B           SESSION CHAIR: J. Pazik

10:15am - 10:45am F. Voelklein (Invited), FH Wiesbaden, Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany - TU-MDEO.01
Thermoelectric Microsensors and Microactuators (MEMS) Fabricated by Thin Film Technology and Micromachining

10:45am - 11:15am J.-P. Fleurial (Invited), Jet Propulsion Laboratory - TU-MDEO.02
Thick-Film Thermoelectric Microdevices

11:15am - 11:45am M. Kishi (Invited), Seiko Instruments Inc., Japan - TU-MDE0.03
PMicro-Thermoelectric Modules and Their Application to Wrist Watches as an Energy Source

11:45am - 2:00pm L U N C H / P O S T E R S E S S I O N

SKUTTERUDITES II - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: I. Matsubara

2:00pm - 2:15pm M. Matsuura, Yamaguchi University, Japan - TU-SIIO.01
Thermoelectric Properties on Antimonide Skutterudites and Filled Skutteruditess

2:15pm - 2:30pm D.J. Singh, Naval Research Laboratory - MO-TFIO.02
First Principles Studies Of Novel Thermoelectric Materials

2:30pm - 2:45pm J. Behnke, University of California - TU-SIIO.03
Electrodeposition of Cobalt-Antimony3 Nanowires

2:45pm - 3:00pm H. Uchida, Japan Ultra-high Temperature Materials Research Institute - TU-SIIO.04
Effect of Excess Antimony on TE-Properties of Cobalt-Antimony based Skutterudite Materials Prepared by Gas Atomizing and Sintering Process

3:00pm - 3:15pm J. Yang, GM R&D and Planning - TU-SIIO.05
Transport Properties of Cobalt1-x-Ironx-Antimony3

3:15pm - 3:30pm A. Watcharapasorn, Stanford University - TU-SIIO.06
Thermoelectric Properties of Phosphorus-Based Skutterudite Compounds

NOVEL DEVICES - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: D. Van Vechten

2:00pm - 2:30pm I. Stark (Invited), D.T.S. GmbH, Germany - TU-NDEO.01
New Micro Thermoelectric Devices based on Bismuttelluride-Type Thin Solid Films

2:30pm - 2:45pm T. Caillat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - TU-NDEO.02
Development of a High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouple for Power Generation Applications

2:45pm - 3:00pm A. Gulian, Naval Research Laboratory - TU-NDEO.03
Thermoelectric Single-Photon Detectors: Isotropic Seebeck Sensors

3:00pm - 3:15pm K. Fujita, Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd. - TU-NDEO.04
Thermoelectric Properties of Oxide Device; NaxCoO2-d/(Nd0.95Zr0.05)2CuO4

3:15pm - 3:30pm S. Ghamaty, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-NDEO.05
Development of Quantum Well Thermoelectric Device

3:30pm - 4:00pm B R E A K

CLATHRATES - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: O. Sankey

4:00pm - 4:15pm G.D. Stucky, University of California - TU-CLAO.01
The Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Clathrates: Host/Guest Charge Densities and Guest Atom Displacements

4:15pm - 4:30pm J. Badding, Pennsylvania State University - TU-CLAO.02
Pressure Tuning of Thermoelectric Materials

4:30pm - 4:45pm G.K. Ramachandran, Arizona State University - TU-CLAO.03
Tetrelide Clathrates as Solid-State Refrigerants

4:45pm - 5:00pm H. Metiu, University of California, Santa Barbara - TU-CLAO.04
The Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Clathrates: A Density Functional Study

5:00pm - 5:15pm G.S. Nolas, Marlow Industries, Inc. - TU-CLAO.05 br> Clathrates: Electron Crystals -- Phonon Glasses

5:15pm - 5:30pm O.F. Sankey, Arizona State University - TU-CLAO.06
Properties of Semiconductor Clathrates from Density Functional Theory

MILLIWATT POWER SOURCES - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: R. Nowak

4:00pm - 4:15pm A. Borshchevsky, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CalTech - TU-MPSO.01
Experimental Confirmation of Powerstick Concept

4:15pm - 4:30pm L.I. Anatychuk, Institute of Thermoelectricity, Chernivtsi, Ukraine - TU-MPSO.02
New thermoelectric modules Altec

4:30pm - 4:45pm N.B. Elsner, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-MPSO.03
Fabrication and Evaluation of milliWatt Modules

4:45pm - 5:15pm A. Pustovalov (Invited), Scientific-Production Enterprise "BIAPOS", Moscow, Russia - TU-MPSO.04
Mini RTGs on Plutonium-238: Development and Application

5:15pm - 5:30pm D.T. Allen/J.C. Bass, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-MPSO.05
Milliwatt Radioisotope Power Supply for Space Applications

6:00pm - 10:00pm Off-Site Banquet Dinner

Wednesday, 9/1/99

GENERAL SESSION - LARGE - A & B           SESSION CHAIR: G. Chen

7:00am - 9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am B. Sales (Plenary), Oak Ridge National Laboratory - WE-GESO.01
Atomic Displacement Parameters and the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Clathrate-Like Thermoelectric Materials

9:15am - 10:00am J. Goldsmid (Plenary), University of Tasmania - WE-GESO.02
Possibilities for Improvement in Thermoelectric Refrigeration

10:00am - 10:30am B R E A K

NEW/NOVEL MATERIALS I - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: C. Uher

10:30am - 11:00am L. Shelimova (Invited), A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy RAS, Moscow, Russia - WE-NMIO.01
Complex Ternary Mixed Layered Tetradymite-like Chalcogenides as Novel Thermoelectrics

11:00am - 11:15am G.J. Snyder, JPL/California Institute of Technology - WE-NMIO.02
New Thermoelectric Materials Under Investigation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

11:15am - 11:30am D. Singh, Naval Research Laboratory - WE-NMIO.03
Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Tl2-Sn-Te5

11:30am - 11:45am B. Wolfing, Lucent Technologies - WE-NMIO.04
Thermoelectric properties of the compounds thallium9-X-Q6 (X= antimony, bismuth; Q= selenium, tellurium)

11:45am - 12:00pm Y. Oosawa, National Inst. of Mats. and Chem. Research, Japan - WE-NMIO.05
PbBi2Te4 and PbBi4Te7, Thermoelectric Materials Formed in the System of Pb-Bi-Te

NANOSTRUCTURES I - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: K. Stokes

10:30am - 10:45am A. Nikolaeva, Moldavian Academy of Sciences - WE-NSIO.01
CANCELLED

10:45am - 11:00am S. Cronin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - WE-NSIO.02
Thermoelectric Investigation of Bismuth Nanowires

11:00am -11:15am T.E. Huber, Howard University - WE-NSIO.03
Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Bismuth Wire Array Composites

11:15am - 11:45am C. Lieber (Invited), Harvard University - WE-NSIO.04
Semiconductor Quantum Wires for Thermoelectrics

11:45am -12:00pm B. Dunn/W.-N. Shen, University of California, Los Angeles - WE-NSIO.05
Microstructure-Property Relations for Porous Bismuth Films

12:00am - 1:15pm L U N C H

OXIDES - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: W. Pitschke

1:30pm - 1:45pm M. Ohtaki, Kyushu University, Japan - WE-OXIO.01
Thermoelectric Properties and Crystal Chemistry of Promising Oxide Candidate NaxCoO2

1:45pm - 2:15pm I. Terasaki (Invited), Waseda Univ. - WE-OXIO.02
Physical Properties of NaCo2O4 and the Related Oxides: Strongly Correlated Layered Oxides as Thermoelectric Materials

2:15pm - 2:30pm S. Li, Osaka National Research Inst., AIST, Japan - WE-OXIO.03
High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties Of Oxide Ca9Co12O28

2:30pm -2:45pm S. Sugihara, Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan - WE-OXIO.04
Doping Effect of Metal into Iron Disiliside on Electronic Structures and Thermoelectric Properties

2:45pm -3:00pm V.E. Baukin, JSC Kryotherm, Saint Petersburg, Russia - WE-OXIO.05
Gas cooling system with power 150 KWt

THERMIONICS - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: C. Vining

1:30pm - 2:00pm G.D. Mahan, University of Tennessee - WE-THEO.01
Multilayer Thermionic Refrigeration

2:00pm - 2:15pm G. Chen, University of California at Los Angeles - WE-THEO.02
Nonequilibrium Electron-Phonon Interactions in Thin-Film Thermoelectric and Thermioic Structures

2:15pm - 2:30pm S. Huxtable, University of California - WE-THEO.03
Thermal Conductivity of Indium Phosphide Based Superlattices

2:30pm - 2:45pm H.H. Weitering, The University of Tennessee - WE-THEO.04
Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Metal/Semiconductor Hetero-structures for Thermionic Refrigeration

2:45pm - 3:00pm Y.G. Gurevich, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico - WE-THEO.05
Thermoelectric Transport in Semiconductors-Emergence of Nonequilibrium Charge Carriers

3:00pm - 3:30pm B R E A K

NEW/NOVEL MATERIALS II - BALLROOM A & B           SESSION CHAIR: D.M. Rowe

3:30pm - 3:45pm T. Kajikawa, Shonan Institute of Technology - WE-NMIIO.01
Thermoelectric Properties of High Temperature Transition Metal Silicides Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Method

3:45pm - 4:00pm M.G. Kanatzidis, Michigan State University - WE-NMIIO.02
Complex Bi Chalcogenides as "Phonon-Glass/Electron-Crystal" Materials for Thermoelectric Applications

4:00pm - 4:15pm A.L. Pope, Clemson University - WE-NMIIO.03
Effects of the Addition of Co on the Thermoelectric Properties of the AlPdMn Quasicrystalline System

4:15pm - 4:30pm C. Roche, Ecole des Mines, France - WE-NMIIO.04
Band structure calculations of Chevrel phases compounds (Ti, Zn, Mo6Se8)

4:30pm - 4:45pm R.T. Littleton, Clemson Unviersity - WE-NMIIO.05
High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Pentatellurides

4:45pm - 5:00pm C. Kannewurf, Northwestern University - WE-NMIIO.06
Transport Properties of the Doped Thermoelectric Materials K2Bi8Se13 and K2.5Bi8.5Se14

NANOSTRUCTURES II -BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: J. Prater

3:30pm - 4:00pm R. Baughman (Invited), Allied Signal - WE-NSIIO.01
Three-Dimensionally Periodic Nanostructured Thermoelectrics

4:00pm - 4:15pm A. Zakhidov, Allied Signal, Inc. - WE-NSIIO.02
Design and Fabrication of 3-D Periodic Thermoelectric Heterojunction Nanostructures

4:15pm - 4:30pm I. Khayrullin, Allied Signal, Inc. - WE-NSIIO.03
Thermoelectric Properties of Periodic Bi, Sb, and Bi-Sb Nanofoams: Suppression of Thermal Conductivity and Weak Localization Effects

4:30pm - 4:45pm P. Radkowski, University of California, Berkeley - WE-NSIIO.04
Simulating Coupled Electron and Phonon Systems in Quantum Wires and Superlattices

4:45pm - 5:00pm G.D. Mahan, University of Tennessee - WE-NSIIO.05
Diffusion in Opal Structures

5:00pm - 7:00pm Evening Social - Exhibitors

Thursday, 9/2/99

GENERAL SESSION - LARGE - A & B           SESSION CHAIR: A. Ehrlich

7:00am - 9:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast

8:30am - 9:00am M.A. Ryan (Plenary), Jet Propulsion Laboratory - TH-GESO.01
The Alkali Metal Thermal-to-Electric Converter for Solar System Exploration

9:00am - 9:30am R.E. Black (Plenary), Lockheed Martin Corporation - TH-GESO.02
Thermophotovoltaics Development Status and Parametric Considerations for Power Applications

9:30am - 10:00am O. Symko (Plenary), University of Utah - TH-GESO.03
Energy Conversion Using Thermoacoustic Devices

10:00am - 10:30am E. Towe (Plenary), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - TH-GESO.04
Innovative approaches to thermal management: alternatives to thermoelectric coolers

10:30am - 10:40am R.E. Black and O.E. Symko    -     Best Papers Award Ceremony

10:40am - 11:00am B R E A K

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES II - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: A. Heinrich

11:00am - 11:15am T.L. Reinecke, Naval Research Laboratory - TH-TFIIO.01
Thermoelectric Transport in Superlattices from Anisotropic Materials

11:15am - 11:30am M.S. Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - TH-TFIIO.02
Experimental Study of the Effects of the Quantum Well Structures on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Si/Si1-xGeX System

11:30am - 12:00pm J.C. Caylor, University of California - Berkeley - TH-TFIIO.03
Growth and Properties of Multilayered Skutterudite Thin Films

12:00pm -12:15pm H. Griessmann, Institute of Solid State and Materials, Dresden, Germany - TH-TFIIO.04
Thermoelectric Transport Properties, Structure Investigations and Application of Doped beta-Irondisilicide Thin Films

12:15pm -12:30pm M. Mukaida, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research - TH-TFIIO.05
Preparation of B-Si Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

CHARACTERIZATION - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: R. Venkatasubramanian

11:00am - 11:30am B. Archibald, Symyx Technologies - TH-CHAO.01
Combinatorial Methods for Thermoelectric Materials Discovery

11:30am - 11:45am T. Hogan, Michigan State University - TH-CHAO.02
Measurement System for Doping and Alloying Trends In New Thermoelectric Materials

11:45am -12:00pm S. Johnston, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - TH-CHAO.03
Magnetoresistance Technique for Determining Cross-Plane Mobility in Superlattice Devices

12:00pm - 12:15pm G. Chen, University of California at Los Angeles - TH-CHAO.04
Thermal Conductivity Characterization of Skutterudite Thin Films

12:15pm - 12:30pm I. Bhat, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - TH-CHAO.05
Optical Properties of BI2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Grown By Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy

12:30am - 2:00pm L U N C H

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES III - BALLROOM A & B          SESSION CHAIR: D.A. Broido

2:00pm - 2:30pm A. Lambrecht (Invited), Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany -TH-TFIIIO.01
Thermoelectric Properties of Epitaxial PbSrTe and PbSrSe Bulk and MQW Thin Films

2:30pm - 2:45pm J. Nurnus, Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany - TH-TFIIIO.02
Epitaxial Bismuthtelluride Layers grown on (111) bariumfluoride substrates suitable for MQW-Growth

2:45pm - 3:00pm J.B. Ketterson, Northwestern University - TH-TFIIIO.03
Control of Antisite Defect Effect of Sb2Te3 Thin Films

3:00pm - 3:15pm J. Nurnus, Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany - TH-TFIIIO.04
Layered (IV-VI)-(V-VI)-Materials for Low Dimensional Thermoelectric Structures

3:15pm - 3:30pm J. Goldsmid, Marlow Industries Inc. - TH-TFIIIO.05
Boundary Scattering of Charge Carriers and Phonons

BiSb & TELLURIDES - BALLROOM C & D          SESSION CHAIR: H. Scherrer

2:00pm - 2:15pm M. Bartkowiak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - TH-BiSbO.01
Electronic structure of Sb2Te3 under pressure

2:15pm - 2:30pm J.-M. Simard, Noranda Advanced Materials - TH-BiSbO.02
Evolution of Structure and Composition of Bismuth Telluride Alloys during Mechanical Alloying and Extrusion

2:30pm - 2:45pm H. Tashiro, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., Japan - TH-BiSbO.03
Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth-Tellurium Based Compounds Prepared by Particulate Processing

2:45pm - 3:00pm R.B. Kaner, University of California Los Angeles - TH-BiSbO.04
Modification of Bismuth Telluride for Improving Thermoelectric Properties

3:00pm - 3:15pm O. Sokolov, SCTB Nord Company, Moscow, Russia - TH-BiSbO.05
Thermodynamic Analysis of the Composition Of the Condensed and Gas-vapor Phases of Bi2Te3-based Solid Solutions Doped with Organic and Inorganic Haloid Compounds

3:15pm - 3:30pm A. Anukhin, Scientific and Production Firm MODUL, Kiev, Ukraine - TH-BiSbO.06
Thermoelectric Properties Of Solid Solutions (Bi,Sb)2Te with P-Type Conductivity

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SKUTTERUDITES I - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: T. Caillat
10:15am - 10:45am	D.C. Johnson (Invited) University of Oregon - MO-SKIO.01 Synthesis of Skutterudite Superlattice Compounds by Controlled Crystallization of Elementally Modulated Reactants
10:45am - 11:00am	J.L. Feldman, Naval Research Laboratory - MO-SKIO.02 Theory of Vibrational Properties of Lanthanum-Iron4=Antimony12
11:00am - 11:15am	J.C. Tedenac, Universite De Montpellier II - MO-SKIO.03 Skutterudite Cased New Thermoelectric Compounds
11:15am - 11:30am	M. Fornari, CSI George Mason Univ. & NRL - MO-SKIO.04 Prediction of High Room Temperature Thermopower in n-Type Filled Skutterudites La-Ru-Rh-Sb
11:30am - 11:45am	D.C. Johnson/H. Sellinchegg, University of Oregon - MO-SKIO.05 The Effect of Various Filler Atoms on the Thermoelectric Properties of Ternary Skutterudites

COOLING DEVICES - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: J.-P. Fleurial
10:15am - 10:30am	C. LaBounty, University of California, Santa Barbara - MO-CDEO.01 Design of Integrated Thin Film Coolers
10:30am - 10:45am	A. Miner, University of California, Berkeley - MO-CDEO.02 The Application of Transient Thermoelectric Effects in a Thermo-electro-mechanical Cooler
10:45am - 11:00am	K.A. Moores, University of Maryland - MO-CDEO.03 Performance Assessment Of Thermoelectric Coolers For Use In High Temperature Electronics Applications
11:00am - 11:30am	A. Shakouri (Invited), University of California, Santa Cruz - MO-CDEO.04 Material Optimization for Heterostructure Integrated Thermionic Coolers
11:30am - 11:45am	Break

HALF HEUSLER - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: T. Tritt
1:30pm - 2:00pm	J. Poon (Invited), University of Virginia - MO-HHEO.01 Metal-Non Metal Transition and Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties in Half-Heusler Alloys
2:00pm - 2:15pm	S.D. Mahanti, Michigan State University - MO-HHEO.02 Physics of the Gap Formation in Half - Heusler and Complex Bismuth Chalcogenide Systems - Narrow Gap Semicondutors
2:15pm - 2:30pm	C. Uher, University of Michigan - MO-HHEO.03 Bismuth-Doped ZrNiSn Intermetallics
2:30pm - 2:45pm	K. Matsubara, Science Univ. of Tokyo in Yamaguchi - MO-HHEO.04 Electrical properties of half-metallic PtMnSb-based Heusler alloys
2:45pm - 3:00pm	B.A. Cook, Ames Laboratory - Iowa State University - MO-HHEO.05 High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of MniSn (M=Zr,Hf)

WASTE HEAT - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: S. Yamaguchi
1:30pm - 1:45pm	J.W. Stevens, Mississippi State University - MO-WHEO.01 Heat Transfer and Thermoelectric Design Considerations for a Ground-source Thermoelectric Generator
1:45pm - 2:00pm	T. Eura, Ion Eng. Research Institute Corp. - MO-WHEO.02 Research And Development On A Thermoelectric Power Generating System Using Low-Calorie Exhaust Gas (II)
2:00pm - 2:15pm	D.J. Bergman, Tel Aviv University - MO-WHEO.03 Enhancement of Thermoelectric Power Factor in Composite Thermoelectrics
2:15pm - 2:30pm	D. Allen, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - MO-WHEO.04 Further Development of "Self-Powered Boilers"
2:30pm - 2:45pm	Satarou Yamaguchi, National Institute for Fusion Science, Japan - MO-WHEO.05 New Proposal of High Temperature Thermoelectric Conversion in Power Plant
2:45pm - 3:00pm	A. Kondo/Yamaguchi, Toshiba Corporation, Japan - MO-WHEO.06 New Proposal of Medium Temperature Thermoelectric Conversion in Power Plant (II)

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES I - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: T.L. Reinecke
3:30pm - 4:00pm	M.S. Dresselhaus (Invited), Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MO-TFIO.01 Advances in 1D and 2D Thermoelectric Materials
4:00pm - 4:15pm	A. Yamamoto, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan - MO-TFIO.02 In-Plane Thermoelectric Properties of Si-Ge Multiple Quantum Wells
4:15pm - 4:30pm	R. Venkatasubramanian, Research Triangle Institute - MO-TFIO.03 Phonon-Blocking Electron-Transmitting Structures
4:30pm - 4:45pm	J.B. Ketterson, Northwestern University - MO-TFIO.04 Artificially Ordered BiSb Superlattice Alloy: Growth and Thermoelectric Properties
4:45pm - 5:00pm	W. Pitschke, Institute of Solid State and Materials, Dreseden, Germany - MO-TFIO.05 High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Doped Iridium Silicide Thin Films

TE MODULE PERFORMANCE - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: J. W. Sharp
3:30pm - 3:45pm	U. Ghoshal, IBM Austin Research Laboratory - MO-TEPO.01 Advanced Electronic Microcoolers
3:45pm - 4:00pm	R.M. Smythe, Melcor Corporation - MO-TEPO.02 Design, Selection and Modeling Software for Thermoelectric Applications
4:00pm - 4:30pm	C. Hilbert (Invited), Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp. (MCC) - MO-TEPO.03 Thermoelectric MEMS Coolers
4:30pm - 4:45pm	A. Lopez, University Politechnical of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain - MO-TEPO.04 Frequency Response Of Peltier Cell Considering A Lineal Working Parameter
4:45pm - 5:00pm	M.J. Nagy, TE Technology, Inc. - MO-TEPO.05 The Effect of Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) Frequency on the Reliability of Thermoelectric Modules

GENERAL SESSION - LARGE - A & B SESSION CHAIR: S. Wolf
7:00am - 9:00am	Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:15am - 9:00am	R.C. Chu (Plenary), IBM Corporation - TU-GESO.01 Application of Thermoelectrics to Cooling Electronics: Review and Prospects
9:00am - 9:45am	T.C. Harman (Plenary), Lincoln Laboratory, MIT - TU-GESO.02 PbTe-Based Quantum-Dot Thermoelectric Materials with High ZT

MICRO DEVICES - LARGE - A & B SESSION CHAIR: J. Pazik
10:15am - 10:45am	F. Voelklein (Invited), FH Wiesbaden, Univ. of Applied Sciences, Germany - TU-MDEO.01 Thermoelectric Microsensors and Microactuators (MEMS) Fabricated by Thin Film Technology and Micromachining
10:45am - 11:15am	J.-P. Fleurial (Invited), Jet Propulsion Laboratory - TU-MDEO.02 Thick-Film Thermoelectric Microdevices
11:15am - 11:45am	M. Kishi (Invited), Seiko Instruments Inc., Japan - TU-MDE0.03 PMicro-Thermoelectric Modules and Their Application to Wrist Watches as an Energy Source

SKUTTERUDITES II - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: I. Matsubara
2:00pm - 2:15pm	M. Matsuura, Yamaguchi University, Japan - TU-SIIO.01 Thermoelectric Properties on Antimonide Skutterudites and Filled Skutteruditess
2:15pm - 2:30pm	D.J. Singh, Naval Research Laboratory - MO-TFIO.02 First Principles Studies Of Novel Thermoelectric Materials
2:30pm - 2:45pm	J. Behnke, University of California - TU-SIIO.03 Electrodeposition of Cobalt-Antimony3 Nanowires
2:45pm - 3:00pm	H. Uchida, Japan Ultra-high Temperature Materials Research Institute - TU-SIIO.04 Effect of Excess Antimony on TE-Properties of Cobalt-Antimony based Skutterudite Materials Prepared by Gas Atomizing and Sintering Process
3:00pm - 3:15pm	J. Yang, GM R&D and Planning - TU-SIIO.05 Transport Properties of Cobalt1-x-Ironx-Antimony3
3:15pm - 3:30pm	A. Watcharapasorn, Stanford University - TU-SIIO.06 Thermoelectric Properties of Phosphorus-Based Skutterudite Compounds

NOVEL DEVICES - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: D. Van Vechten
2:00pm - 2:30pm	I. Stark (Invited), D.T.S. GmbH, Germany - TU-NDEO.01 New Micro Thermoelectric Devices based on Bismuttelluride-Type Thin Solid Films
2:30pm - 2:45pm	T. Caillat, Jet Propulsion Laboratory - TU-NDEO.02 Development of a High Efficiency Segmented Thermoelectric Unicouple for Power Generation Applications
2:45pm - 3:00pm	A. Gulian, Naval Research Laboratory - TU-NDEO.03 Thermoelectric Single-Photon Detectors: Isotropic Seebeck Sensors
3:00pm - 3:15pm	K. Fujita, Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd. - TU-NDEO.04 Thermoelectric Properties of Oxide Device; NaxCoO2-d/(Nd0.95Zr0.05)2CuO4
3:15pm - 3:30pm	S. Ghamaty, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-NDEO.05 Development of Quantum Well Thermoelectric Device

CLATHRATES - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: O. Sankey
4:00pm - 4:15pm	G.D. Stucky, University of California - TU-CLAO.01 The Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Clathrates: Host/Guest Charge Densities and Guest Atom Displacements
4:15pm - 4:30pm	J. Badding, Pennsylvania State University - TU-CLAO.02 Pressure Tuning of Thermoelectric Materials
4:30pm - 4:45pm	G.K. Ramachandran, Arizona State University - TU-CLAO.03 Tetrelide Clathrates as Solid-State Refrigerants
4:45pm - 5:00pm	H. Metiu, University of California, Santa Barbara - TU-CLAO.04 The Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Clathrates: A Density Functional Study
5:00pm - 5:15pm	G.S. Nolas, Marlow Industries, Inc. - TU-CLAO.05 br> Clathrates: Electron Crystals -- Phonon Glasses
5:15pm - 5:30pm	O.F. Sankey, Arizona State University - TU-CLAO.06 Properties of Semiconductor Clathrates from Density Functional Theory

MILLIWATT POWER SOURCES - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: R. Nowak
4:00pm - 4:15pm	A. Borshchevsky, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/CalTech - TU-MPSO.01 Experimental Confirmation of Powerstick Concept
4:15pm - 4:30pm	L.I. Anatychuk, Institute of Thermoelectricity, Chernivtsi, Ukraine - TU-MPSO.02 New thermoelectric modules Altec
4:30pm - 4:45pm	N.B. Elsner, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-MPSO.03 Fabrication and Evaluation of milliWatt Modules
4:45pm - 5:15pm	A. Pustovalov (Invited), Scientific-Production Enterprise "BIAPOS", Moscow, Russia - TU-MPSO.04 Mini RTGs on Plutonium-238: Development and Application
5:15pm - 5:30pm	D.T. Allen/J.C. Bass, Hi-Z Technology, Inc. - TU-MPSO.05 Milliwatt Radioisotope Power Supply for Space Applications

NEW/NOVEL MATERIALS I - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: C. Uher
10:30am - 11:00am	L. Shelimova (Invited), A.A. Baikov Institute of Metallurgy RAS, Moscow, Russia - WE-NMIO.01 Complex Ternary Mixed Layered Tetradymite-like Chalcogenides as Novel Thermoelectrics
11:00am - 11:15am	G.J. Snyder, JPL/California Institute of Technology - WE-NMIO.02 New Thermoelectric Materials Under Investigation at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
11:15am - 11:30am	D. Singh, Naval Research Laboratory - WE-NMIO.03 Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Tl2-Sn-Te5
11:30am - 11:45am	B. Wolfing, Lucent Technologies - WE-NMIO.04 Thermoelectric properties of the compounds thallium9-X-Q6 (X= antimony, bismuth; Q= selenium, tellurium)
11:45am - 12:00pm	Y. Oosawa, National Inst. of Mats. and Chem. Research, Japan - WE-NMIO.05 PbBi2Te4 and PbBi4Te7, Thermoelectric Materials Formed in the System of Pb-Bi-Te

NANOSTRUCTURES I - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: K. Stokes
10:30am - 10:45am	A. Nikolaeva, Moldavian Academy of Sciences - WE-NSIO.01 CANCELLED
10:45am - 11:00am	S. Cronin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - WE-NSIO.02 Thermoelectric Investigation of Bismuth Nanowires
11:00am -11:15am	T.E. Huber, Howard University - WE-NSIO.03 Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Bismuth Wire Array Composites
11:15am - 11:45am	C. Lieber (Invited), Harvard University - WE-NSIO.04 Semiconductor Quantum Wires for Thermoelectrics
11:45am -12:00pm	B. Dunn/W.-N. Shen, University of California, Los Angeles - WE-NSIO.05 Microstructure-Property Relations for Porous Bismuth Films

OXIDES - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: W. Pitschke
1:30pm - 1:45pm	M. Ohtaki, Kyushu University, Japan - WE-OXIO.01 Thermoelectric Properties and Crystal Chemistry of Promising Oxide Candidate NaxCoO2
1:45pm - 2:15pm	I. Terasaki (Invited), Waseda Univ. - WE-OXIO.02 Physical Properties of NaCo2O4 and the Related Oxides: Strongly Correlated Layered Oxides as Thermoelectric Materials
2:15pm - 2:30pm	S. Li, Osaka National Research Inst., AIST, Japan - WE-OXIO.03 High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties Of Oxide Ca9Co12O28
2:30pm -2:45pm	S. Sugihara, Shonan Institute of Technology, Japan - WE-OXIO.04 Doping Effect of Metal into Iron Disiliside on Electronic Structures and Thermoelectric Properties
2:45pm -3:00pm	V.E. Baukin, JSC Kryotherm, Saint Petersburg, Russia - WE-OXIO.05 Gas cooling system with power 150 KWt

THERMIONICS - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: C. Vining
1:30pm - 2:00pm	G.D. Mahan, University of Tennessee - WE-THEO.01 Multilayer Thermionic Refrigeration
2:00pm - 2:15pm	G. Chen, University of California at Los Angeles - WE-THEO.02 Nonequilibrium Electron-Phonon Interactions in Thin-Film Thermoelectric and Thermioic Structures
2:15pm - 2:30pm	S. Huxtable, University of California - WE-THEO.03 Thermal Conductivity of Indium Phosphide Based Superlattices
2:30pm - 2:45pm	H.H. Weitering, The University of Tennessee - WE-THEO.04 Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Metal/Semiconductor Hetero-structures for Thermionic Refrigeration
2:45pm - 3:00pm	Y.G. Gurevich, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico - WE-THEO.05 Thermoelectric Transport in Semiconductors-Emergence of Nonequilibrium Charge Carriers

NEW/NOVEL MATERIALS II - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: D.M. Rowe
3:30pm - 3:45pm	T. Kajikawa, Shonan Institute of Technology - WE-NMIIO.01 Thermoelectric Properties of High Temperature Transition Metal Silicides Prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering Method
3:45pm - 4:00pm	M.G. Kanatzidis, Michigan State University - WE-NMIIO.02 Complex Bi Chalcogenides as "Phonon-Glass/Electron-Crystal" Materials for Thermoelectric Applications
4:00pm - 4:15pm	A.L. Pope, Clemson University - WE-NMIIO.03 Effects of the Addition of Co on the Thermoelectric Properties of the AlPdMn Quasicrystalline System
4:15pm - 4:30pm	C. Roche, Ecole des Mines, France - WE-NMIIO.04 Band structure calculations of Chevrel phases compounds (Ti, Zn, Mo6Se8)
4:30pm - 4:45pm	R.T. Littleton, Clemson Unviersity - WE-NMIIO.05 High Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of Pentatellurides
4:45pm - 5:00pm	C. Kannewurf, Northwestern University - WE-NMIIO.06 Transport Properties of the Doped Thermoelectric Materials K2Bi8Se13 and K2.5Bi8.5Se14

NANOSTRUCTURES II -BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: J. Prater
3:30pm - 4:00pm	R. Baughman (Invited), Allied Signal - WE-NSIIO.01 Three-Dimensionally Periodic Nanostructured Thermoelectrics
4:00pm - 4:15pm	A. Zakhidov, Allied Signal, Inc. - WE-NSIIO.02 Design and Fabrication of 3-D Periodic Thermoelectric Heterojunction Nanostructures
4:15pm - 4:30pm	I. Khayrullin, Allied Signal, Inc. - WE-NSIIO.03 Thermoelectric Properties of Periodic Bi, Sb, and Bi-Sb Nanofoams: Suppression of Thermal Conductivity and Weak Localization Effects
4:30pm - 4:45pm	P. Radkowski, University of California, Berkeley - WE-NSIIO.04 Simulating Coupled Electron and Phonon Systems in Quantum Wires and Superlattices
4:45pm - 5:00pm	G.D. Mahan, University of Tennessee - WE-NSIIO.05 Diffusion in Opal Structures

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES II - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: A. Heinrich
11:00am - 11:15am	T.L. Reinecke, Naval Research Laboratory - TH-TFIIO.01 Thermoelectric Transport in Superlattices from Anisotropic Materials
11:15am - 11:30am	M.S. Dresselhaus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - TH-TFIIO.02 Experimental Study of the Effects of the Quantum Well Structures on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Si/Si1-xGeX System
11:30am - 12:00pm	J.C. Caylor, University of California - Berkeley - TH-TFIIO.03 Growth and Properties of Multilayered Skutterudite Thin Films
12:00pm -12:15pm	H. Griessmann, Institute of Solid State and Materials, Dresden, Germany - TH-TFIIO.04 Thermoelectric Transport Properties, Structure Investigations and Application of Doped beta-Irondisilicide Thin Films
12:15pm -12:30pm	M. Mukaida, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research - TH-TFIIO.05 Preparation of B-Si Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

CHARACTERIZATION - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: R. Venkatasubramanian
11:00am - 11:30am	B. Archibald, Symyx Technologies - TH-CHAO.01 Combinatorial Methods for Thermoelectric Materials Discovery
11:30am - 11:45am	T. Hogan, Michigan State University - TH-CHAO.02 Measurement System for Doping and Alloying Trends In New Thermoelectric Materials
11:45am -12:00pm	S. Johnston, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - TH-CHAO.03 Magnetoresistance Technique for Determining Cross-Plane Mobility in Superlattice Devices
12:00pm - 12:15pm	G. Chen, University of California at Los Angeles - TH-CHAO.04 Thermal Conductivity Characterization of Skutterudite Thin Films
12:15pm - 12:30pm	I. Bhat, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - TH-CHAO.05 Optical Properties of BI2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Grown By Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy

The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics August 29 through September 2, 1999 Hyatt Regency, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland

The 18^th International Conference on Thermoelectrics
August 29 through September 2, 1999
Hyatt Regency, Inner Harbor
Baltimore, Maryland

THIN FILM & SUPERLATTICES III - BALLROOM A & B SESSION CHAIR: D.A. Broido
2:00pm - 2:30pm	A. Lambrecht (Invited), Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany -TH-TFIIIO.01 Thermoelectric Properties of Epitaxial PbSrTe and PbSrSe Bulk and MQW Thin Films
2:30pm - 2:45pm	J. Nurnus, Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany - TH-TFIIIO.02 Epitaxial Bismuthtelluride Layers grown on (111) bariumfluoride substrates suitable for MQW-Growth
2:45pm - 3:00pm	J.B. Ketterson, Northwestern University - TH-TFIIIO.03 Control of Antisite Defect Effect of Sb2Te3 Thin Films
3:00pm - 3:15pm	J. Nurnus, Fraunhofer-IPM, Germany - TH-TFIIIO.04 Layered (IV-VI)-(V-VI)-Materials for Low Dimensional Thermoelectric Structures
3:15pm - 3:30pm	J. Goldsmid, Marlow Industries Inc. - TH-TFIIIO.05 Boundary Scattering of Charge Carriers and Phonons

BiSb & TELLURIDES - BALLROOM C & D SESSION CHAIR: H. Scherrer
2:00pm - 2:15pm	M. Bartkowiak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - TH-BiSbO.01 Electronic structure of Sb2Te3 under pressure
2:15pm - 2:30pm	J.-M. Simard, Noranda Advanced Materials - TH-BiSbO.02 Evolution of Structure and Composition of Bismuth Telluride Alloys during Mechanical Alloying and Extrusion
2:30pm - 2:45pm	H. Tashiro, Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd., Japan - TH-BiSbO.03 Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth-Tellurium Based Compounds Prepared by Particulate Processing
2:45pm - 3:00pm	R.B. Kaner, University of California Los Angeles - TH-BiSbO.04 Modification of Bismuth Telluride for Improving Thermoelectric Properties
3:00pm - 3:15pm	O. Sokolov, SCTB Nord Company, Moscow, Russia - TH-BiSbO.05 Thermodynamic Analysis of the Composition Of the Condensed and Gas-vapor Phases of Bi2Te3-based Solid Solutions Doped with Organic and Inorganic Haloid Compounds
3:15pm - 3:30pm	A. Anukhin, Scientific and Production Firm MODUL, Kiev, Ukraine - TH-BiSbO.06 Thermoelectric Properties Of Solid Solutions (Bi,Sb)2Te with P-Type Conductivity