TY - EJOUR AU - Alfeel, F. AU - Awad, F. AU - Qamar, F. PY - 2024 DA - February TI - Determination of porous Silicon thermal conductivity using the “Mirage effect” method T2 - International Journal of Nano Dimension (Int. J. Nano Dimens.) VL - 5 L1 - https://oiccpress.com/international-journal-of-nano-dimension/article/determination-of-porous-silicon-thermal-conductivity-using-the-mirage-effect-method/ DO - 10.7508/ijnd.2014.03.008 N2 - Mirage effect is contactless and non destructive method which has been used a lot to determine thermal properties of different  kind of samples , transverse photothermal deflection PTD in  skimming configuration with ccd camera  and special programs is used to determine thermal conductivity of porous silicon ps  film. Ps samples were prepared by electrochemical etching. Thermal conductivity with porosity changing was measured and the experiments result compared with theoretical results, and they were almost the same. IS - 3 PB - OICC Press KW - Thermal conductivity, Mirage effect, Non destructive method, Photothermal deflection PTD, Porous Silicon, Electrochemical etching, Nano crystalline, Film EN -