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Thermal conductance of metal contacts on transferred graphene (trG) could be significantly reduced from the intrinsic value of similar contacts on as-grown graphene (grG), due to additional resistance by increased roughness, residues,…
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We have calculated the heat current in the normal metal/insulator/ superconductor contacts with arbitrary transparency of the insulator barrier. In the tunneling limit (small transparencies), the heat flow out of the normal metal reaches…
The contact issue for two-dimensional (2D) materials-based field-effect transistors (FETs) has drawn enormous attention in recent years. Although ohmic behavior is achieved at room temperature, the drain current of 2DFETs shifts from ohmic…
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Thermal conductivity of a model glass-forming system in the liquid and glass states is studied using extensive numerical simulations. We show that near the glass transition temperture, where the structural relaxation time becomes very long,…
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