3 papers
quant-ph2021
Harmonic chains and the thermal diode effect
Na'im Kalantar, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla, Dvira Segal
Harmonic oscillator chains connecting two harmonic reservoirs at different constant temperatures cannot act as thermal diodes, irrespective of structural asymmetry. However, here w…
cond-mat.mes-hall2020
On the definitions and simulations of vibrational heat transport in nanojunctions
Na'im Kalantar, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla, Dvira Segal
Thermal transport through nanosystems is central to numerous processes in chemistry, material sciences, electrical and mechanical engineering, with classical molecular dynamics as…
cond-mat.mes-hall2018
On the relationship between the mean first-passage time and the steady state transfer rate in classical chains
Na'im Kalantar, Dvira Segal
Understanding excitation and charge transfer in disordered media is a significant challenge in chemistry, biophysics and material science. We study two experimentally-relevant meas…