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This paper studies thermal transport in nanoporous silicon with a significant specific surface area. First, the equilibrium molecular dynamics approach was used to obtain the dependence of thermal conductivity on a specific surface area.…

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are highly porous and versatile materials studied extensively for applications such as carbon capture and water harvesting. However, computing phonon-mediated properties in MOFs, like thermal expansion and…

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While phonon topology in crystalline solids has been extensively studied, its influence on thermal transport-especially in nanostructures-remains elusive. Here, by combining first-principles-based machine learning potentials with the phonon…

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Molecular dynamics (MD) provides insights into atomic-scale processes by integrating over time the equations that describe the motion of atoms under the action of interatomic forces. Machine learning models have substantially accelerated MD…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-01-26 Filippo Bigi , Sanggyu Chong , Agustinus Kristiadi , Michele Ceriotti

Machine-learning interatomic potentials are widely used as computationally efficient surrogates for density functional theory in atomistic simulations, enabling large-scale, long-time modeling of materials systems. We investigate how…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-13 Jonas Grandel , Philipp Benner , Janine George

Silicon carbide (SiC) is an essential material for next generation semiconductors and components for nuclear plants. It's applications are strongly dependent on its thermal conductivity, which is highly sensitive to microstructures.…

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We develop a molecular dynamics framework to compute the mode-resolved phonon spectral density from classical correlations of an annihilation-like phonon variable. For harmonic oscillators, classical molecular dynamics exactly reproduces…

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With the objective to understand microscopic principles governing thermal energy flow in nanojunctions, we study phononic heat transport through metal-molecule-metal junctions using classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Considering…

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Interfaces play an essential role in phonon-mediated heat conduction in solids, impacting applications ranging from thermoelectric waste heat recovery to heat dissipation in electronics. From the microscopic perspective, interfacial phonon…

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Based on generalized quantum Langevin equations for the tight-binding wave function amplitudes and lattice displacements, electron and phonon quantum transport are obtained exactly using molecular dynamics (MD) in the ballistic regime. The…

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Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are employed as a tool to investigate structural properties of ice crystals under several temperature and pressure conditions. All ice crystal phases are analyzed by means of a computational…

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Phosphorus has diverse chemical bonds and even in its two-dimensional form there are three stable allotropes: black phosphorene (Black-P), blue phosphorene (Blue-P), and violet phosphorene (Violet-P). Due to the complexity of these…

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Molecular Dynamics simulations are becoming a powerful tool for examining and predicting atomic and molecular processes in various environment. The present review shows how, in the fields of plasma physics, chemistry and interactions with…

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We introduce a lattice dynamics package which calculates elastic, thermodynamic and thermal transport properties of crystalline materials from data on their force and potential energy as a function of atomic positions. The data can come…

Understanding phononic heat transport processes in molecular junctions is a central issue in the developing field of nanoscale heat conduction and manipulation. Here we present a Stochastic Nonequlibrium Molecular Dynamics simulation…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-04 Inon Sharony , Renai Chen , Abraham Nitzan

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

Nonequilibrium multi-carrier thermal transport is essential for both scientific research and technological applications in electronic, spintronic, and energy conversion devices. This article reviews the fundamentals of phonon, electron,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-18 Te-Huan Liu , Tianyu Wang , Jun Zhou , Xin Qian , Ronggui Yang

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation based on Langevin equation has been widely used in the study of structural, thermal properties of matters in difference phases. Normally, the atomic dynamics are described by classical equations of motion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-06 Jing-Tao Lü , Bing-Zhong Hu , Per Hedegård , Mads Brandbyge

Molten salts are important in a number of energy applications, but the fundamental mechanisms operating in ionic liquids are poorly understood, particularly at higher temperatures. This is despite their candidacy for deployment in solar…