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We present an \emph{ab-initio} study that identifies the main electron-phonon scattering channels in $n$-type PbTe. We develop an electronic transport model based on the Boltzmann transport equation within the transport relaxation time…
First-principles calculations of thermal transport in homogeneous materials have reached remarkable predicting power. Modeling deterministically phonon transport in nanostructures, however, poses novel challenges; notably, it entails…
Advances in nanotechnology have facilitated the exploration of submicron thermal transport. At this scale, Fourier's law is no longer applicable, and the governing equation for thermal transport is the phonon Boltzmann transport equation…
Understanding ballistic phonon transport effects in transient thermoreflectance experiments and explaining the observed deviations from classical theory remains a challenge. Diffusion equations are simple and computationally efficient but…
Accurate models of carrier transport are essential for describing the electronic properties of semiconductor materials. To the best of our knowledge, the current models following the framework of the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE)…
We introduce a methodology for density-based topology optimization of non-Fourier thermal transport in nanostructures, based upon adjoint-based sensitivity analysis of the phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) and a novel material…
We develop a computational framework, based on the Boltzmann transport equation, with the ability to compute the thermal transport in nanostructured materials of any geometry using as the only input the bulk thermal conductivity…
The phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) is widely utilized to study non-diffusive thermal transport. We find a solution of the BTE in the thin film transient thermal grating (TTG) experimental geometry by using a recently developed…
The Boltzmann transport equation is one of the most relevant framework to study the heat transport at the nanoscale, beyond the diffusive regime and up to the micrometer-scale. In the general case of three-dimensional devices, the particle…
Thermal management is extremely important for designing high-performance devices. The lattice thermal conductivity of materials is strongly dependent on the structural defects at different length scales, particularly point defects like…
We first propose fundamental solutions of wave propagation in one-dimensional dispersive chain subject to a localized initial perturbation in the displacement. Analytical solutions are obtained for both second order nonlinear dispersive…
We report finite-volume simulations of the phonon Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) for heat conduction across the heterogeneous interfaces in SiGe superlattices. The diffuse mismatch model incorporating phonon dispersion and polarization…
In this work, a lattice Boltzmann scheme is developed for numerical solution of the phonon Boltzmann equation under Callaway's dual relaxation model in the hydrodynamic limit. Through a Chapman-Enskog expansion to the lattice Boltzmann…
Predicting nanoscale thermal transport in dielectrics requires models, such as the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE), that account for phonon boundary scattering in structures with complex geometries. Although the BTE has been validated…
The major obstacle in the design of materials with low lattice thermal conductivity is the difficulty in efficiently scattering phonons across the entire frequency spectrum. Using first principles calculations, we show that driving PbTe…
In this paper, we present a mode space method for atomistic non-equilibrium Green's function simulations of armchair graphene nanoribbon FETs that includes electron-phonon scattering. With reference to both conventional and tunnel FET…
The nonequilibrium total dielectric function lends itself to a simple and general method for calculating the inelastic collision term in the electron Boltzmann equation for scattering from a coupled mode system. Useful applications include…
We report lattice dynamical measurements, made using neutron inelastic scattering methods, of the relaxor perovskite PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN) at momentum transfers near the edge of the Brillouin zone. Unusual"columns" of phonon scattering that…
We revisit the recent work from Beardo et al. \cite{beardo2021observation} wherein the observation of second sound in germanium is claimed. We review the requirements imposed on the collision operator (or equivalently, the full scattering…
We examine the validity of the widely used T-matrix approximation for treating phonon-disorder scattering by implementing an unfolding algorithm that allows simulation of disorder up to tens of millions of atoms. The T-matrix approximation…