thermal conductivity of Uranium nitride

What is it about?

we obtained the anharmonic properties of phonons and electrons, quantitatively. The electrical and thermal properties such as electrical conductivity (σ), electron thermal conductivity (Ke), lattice thermal conductivity (KL) and Seebeck coefficient (S) under various external hydrostatic pressures have been calculated as an effective controlling probe.

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Why is it important?

Our results suggest that the external pressure can be exploited as a significant probe to control KL/ Ke ratio for Uranium Nitride based structures on identifying materials with higher figure of merit efficiency than available at present.