Native-oxide limited cross-plane thermal transport in suspended silicon membranes revealed by scanning thermal microscopy

Limitations of the FEM models

All the simulations presented in this work consider heat diffusion with reduced thermal conductivity in the silicon membrane. An improved step, beyond the scope of this paper, would be to include fully the ballistic transport within the membrane.
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