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We calculate the thermal conductivity (\k{appa}) of both bulk crystalline and single-chain polyethylene (PE) using the first-principles-based anharmonic lattice dynamics. Despite its low \k{appa} in amorphous state, the predicted bulk…
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We measure the thermal conductivity ($\kappa$) of individual InAs nanowires (NWs), and find that it is 3 orders of magnitude smaller than the bulk value in the temperature range of 10 to 50 K. We argue that the low $\kappa$ arises from the…
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We consider coherent radiative thermal conductance of a multilayer photonic crystal. The crystal consists of alternating layers of lossless dielectric slabs and vacuum, where heat is conducted only through photons. We show that such a…
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Ab initio Green-Kubo (aiGK) simulations of heat transport in solids allow for assessing lattice thermal conductivity in anharmonic or complex materials from first principles. In this work, we present a detailed account of their practical…
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Thin films of Amorphous indium oxide undergo a magnetic field driven superconducting to insulator quantum phase transition. In the insulating phase, the current-voltage characteristics show large current discontinuities due to overheating…
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