Odd-even phonon transport effects in strained carbon atomic chains bridging graphene nanoribbon electrodes

Abstract

Based on first-principles approaches, we study the ballistic phonon transport properties of finite monatomic carbon chains stretched between graphene nanoribbons, an $sp$-$s{p}^2$ hybrid carbon nanostructure that has recently seen significant experimental advances in its synthesis. We find that the lattice thermal conductance anomalously increases with tensile strain for the even-numbered carbon chains that adopt the alternating bond-length polyyne configuration. On the other hand, in the odd-numbered carbon chain cases, which assume the equal bond-length cumulene configuration, phonon conductance decreases with increasing strain. We show that the strong odd-even phonon transport effects originate from the characteristic longitudinal acoustic phonon modes of carbon wires and their unique strain-induced redshifts with respect to graphene nanoribbon phonon modes. The novel phonon transport properties and their atomistic mechanisms revealed in this work will provide valuable guidelines in de-signing hybrid carbon nanostructures for next-generation electronic, bio, and energy device applications.

arXiv comment12 pages, 5 figures

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