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We present an approach to calculate ballistic phonon transport that combines the atomistic Green's function (AGF) method with ab initio results. For the inter atomic potential we use the harmonic approach. The equilibrium positions of the…
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We present a scattering approach for the study of the transport and thermodynamics of quantum systems strongly coupled to their thermal environment(s). This formalism recovers the standard non-equilibrium Green's function expressions for…
We report density-functional theory (DFT), atomistic simulations of the non-equilibrium transport properties of carbon nanotube (CNT) field-effect transistors (FETs). Results have been obtained within a self-consistent approach based on the…
The traditional atomistic Green's function (AGF) was formulated in the harmonic regime, preventing it from capturing the role of anharmonicity in interfacial thermal transport. Incorporating anharmonicity into AGF has long been desired but…
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We adapt existing phonon heat transport methods to compute the phononic thermal conductance of metallic atomic contacts during a stretching process. Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) simulations are used to generate atomic…
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A spin metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistor (spin MOSFET), which combines a Schottky-barrier MOSFET with ferromagnetic source and drain contacts, is a promising device for spintronic logic. Previous simulation studies predict…
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Interfacial thermal resistance has been often estimated and understood using the Landauer formalism that assumes incident phonons with equilibrium distribution. However, previous studies suggest that phonons are out-of-equilibrium near the…
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