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The understanding of heat transport in nonequilibrium thermodynamics is an important research frontier, which is crucial for implementing novel thermodynamic devices, such as heat engines and refrigerators. The convection, conduction, and…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-28 Cheng Yang , Xinrui Wei , Jiteng Sheng , Haibin Wu

We demonstrate the coherent transport of thermal energy in superlattices by introducing a microscopic definition of the phonon coherence length. We demonstrate how to distinguish a coherent transport regime from diffuse interface scattering…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-09 Benoit Latour , Sebastian Volz , Yann Chalopin

In this work we investigate heat conduction along a ladder-model conformed by two coupled one dimensional lattices with different anharmonicity. We study how the interchain coupling modifies the thermal properties of the isolated systems.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-03-18 E. Diaz , R. Gutierrez , G. Cuniberti

We investigate the steady state heat current in two and three dimensional disordered harmonic crystals in a slab geometry, connected at the boundaries to stochastic white noise heat baths at different temperatures.The disorder causes short…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2015-05-13 Abhishek Chaudhuri , Anupam Kundu , Dibyendu Roy , Abhishek Dhar , Joel L. Lebowitz , Herbert Spohn

We investigate the transport of phonons between $N$ harmonic oscillators in contact with independent thermal baths and coupled to a common oscillator, and derive an expression for the steady state heat flow between the oscillators in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 André Xuereb , Alberto Imparato , Aurélien Dantan

Following the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism we study the thermal transport in a composite chain subject to a time-dependent perturbation. The system is formed by two finite linear asymmetric harmonic chains subject to an on-site…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-21 N. Beraha , A. Soba , M. F. Carusela

We describe nonlinear phonon-thermoelectric devices where charge current and electronic and phononic heat currents are coupled, driven by voltage and temperature biases, when phonon-assisted inelastic processes dominate the transport. Our…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-31 Jian-Hua Jiang , Manas Kulkarni , Dvira Segal , Yoseph Imry

Understanding lattice dynamics and thermal transport in crystalline compounds with intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity ($\kappa_L$) is crucial in condensed matter physics. In this work, we investigate the lattice thermal…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-26 Jincheng Yue , Yanhui Liu , Jiongzhi Zheng

We study heat conduction mediated by longitudinal phonons in one dimensional disordered harmonic chains. Using scaling properties of the phonon density of states and localization in disordered systems, we find non-trivial scaling of the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2020-03-11 Biswarup Ash , Ariel Amir , Yohai Bar-Sinai , Yuval Oreg , Yoseph Imry

Fundamental understanding of thermal transport in compounds with ultra-low thermal conductivity remains challenging, primarily due to the limitations of conventional lattice dynamics and heat transport models. In this study, we investigate…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-11-13 Jiongzhi Zheng , Changpeng Lin , Chongjia Lin , Baoling Huang , Ruiqiang Guo , Geoffroy Hautier

We study thermal transport in a chain of coupled atoms, which can vibrate in longitudinal as well as transverse directions. The particles interact through anharmonic potentials upto cubic order. The problem is treated quantum mechanically.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-04-19 Santhosh G , Deepak Kumar

The occurrence of thermal transport phenomena is widespread, exerting a pivotal influence on the functionality of diverse electronic and thermo-electric energy-conversion devices. The traditional first-principles theory governing the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-20 Soham Mandal , Manish Jain , Prabal K. Maiti

We calculate the rate of energy flow between two macroscopic bodies, each in thermodynamic equilibrium at a different temperature, and joined by a weak mechanical link. The macroscopic solids are assumed to be electrically insulating, so…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Kelly R. Patton , Michael R. Geller

A discovery of the unusual thermal properties of graphene stimulated experimental, theoretical and computational research directed at understanding phonon transport and thermal conduction in two-dimensional material systems. We provide a…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-02-16 Denis L. Nika , Alexander A. Balandin

Previous studies have predicted the failure of Fourier's law of thermal conduction due to the existence of wave like propagation of heat with finite propagation speed. This non-Fourier thermal transport phenomenon can appear in both the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-05 Chuang Zhang , Zhaoli Guo

We study ballistic interfacial thermal transport across atomic junctions. Exact expressions for phonon transmission coefficients are derived for thermal transport in one-junction and two-junction chains, and verified by numerical…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-03-02 Lifa Zhang , Pawel Keblinski , Jian-Sheng Wang , Baowen Li

We numerically investigate thermal transport at solid-solid interfaces with graded intermediate layers whose masses vary exponentially from one side to the other. Using Non-Equilibrium Green's Function and Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics…

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…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Denis L. Nika , Alexander A. Balandin

Phonon heat transport in mesoscopic systems is investigated using methods analogous to the Landauer description of electrical conductance. A "universal heat conductance" expression that depends on the properties of the conducting pathway…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. E. Angelescu , M. C. Cross , M. L. Roukes

Magnetothermal transport in various frustrated magnets exhibits striking field-dependent anomalies that deviate from conventional magnon or phonon transport. To understand such anomalies, we derive an effective spin-phonon Hamiltonian in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-14 Haoting Xu , Antoine Matar , Hae-Young Kee