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We have shown theoretically that a combination of cross-section modulation and acoustic mismatch in the core-shell Si/Ge nanowires can lead to a drastic reduction of the thermal conductivity. Our calculations, which utilized two different…
Carbon-based nanostructures and graphene, in particular, evoke a lot of interest as new promising materials for nanoelectronics and spintronics. One of the most important issue in this context is the impact of external electrodes on…
Properties of phonons - quanta of the crystal lattice vibrations - in graphene have attracted strong attention of the physics and engineering communities. Acoustic phonons are the main heat carriers in graphene near room temperature while…
Thermal conductivity $\kappa$ of both suspended and supported graphene has been studied by using molecular dynamics simulations. Obvious length dependence is observed in $\kappa$ of suspended single-layer graphene (SLG), while $\kappa$ of…
In a typical semiconductor material, the majority of heat is carried by long wavelength, long mean-free-path phonons. Nanostructuring strategies to reduce thermal conductivity, a promising direction in the field of thermoelectrics, place…
Understanding the relationship between the microstructures and overall properties is one of the basic concerns for the material design and applications. As a ubiquitous structural configuration in nature, the folded morphology is also…
We report the results of an experimental study of thermal and magnetic properties of nanostructured ferrimagnetic iron oxide composites with graphene and graphite fillers synthesized via the current activated pressure assisted…
Using a combination of accurate density-functional theory and a nonequilibrium Green function's method, we calculate the ballistic thermal conductance characteristics of tensile-strained armchair (AGNR) and zigzag (ZGNR) edge graphene…
Compared to the study of graphene itself, the study of nano-structured graphene is rather limited because it is difficult to prepare atomically ordered edges. In this study, we have fabricated a periodically patterned mesh structure of…
We investigate the phonon thermal conductance of graphene regarding the graphene sheet as the large-width limit of graphene strips in the ballistic limit. We find that the thermal conductance depends weakly on the direction angle $\theta$…
Graphene nanoribbons present diverse electronic properties ranging from semiconducting to half-metallic, depending on their geometry, dimensions and chemical composition. Here we present a route to control these properties via externally…
In this letter, we investigate numerically (by non-equilibrium molecular dynamics) and analytically the thermal conductivity of nanoscale graphene disks (NGDs), and discussed the possibility to realize FGM with only one material, NGDs. We…
The proper design and synthesis of molecular junctions for the purpose of establishing percolative networks of conductive nanoparticles represent an opportunity to develop more efficient thermally-conductive nanocomposites, with several…
The development of cryogenic semiconductor electronics and superconducting quantum computing requires composite materials that can provide both thermal conduction and thermal insulation. We demonstrated that at cryogenic temperatures, the…
Based on first-principles calculations and full iterative solution of the linearized Boltzmann-Peierls transport equation for phonons within three-phonon scattering framework, we characterize the lattice thermal conductivities $\kappa$ of…
The experimentally observed order-of-magnitude reduction in the thermal conductivity along the growth axis of (GaAs)_n/(AlAs)_n (or n x n) superlattices is investigated theoretically for (2x2), (3x3) and (6x6) structures using an accurate…
In nanostructures phonon transport behaviour is distinctly different to transport in bulk materials such that materials with ultra low thermal conductivities and enhanced thermoelectric performance can be realized. Low thermal…
Thermal conductivity of homogeneous twisted stacks of graphite is found to strongly depend on the misfit angle. The underlying mechanism relies on the angle dependence of phonon-phonon couplings across the twisted interface. Excellent…
In this study, a newly pillared black phosphorene hybrid nanostructures (PBP) is constructed with its thermal stability as well as thermal conductivity are studied by performing equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation (EMD). The results…
Local laser excitation and temperature readout from the intensity ratio of Stokes to anti-Stokes Raman scattering signals are employed to study the thermal properties of a large graphene membrane. The concluded value of the heat…