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Electrically driven robust tuning of lattice thermal conductivity
E Zhou, Donghai Wei, Jing Wu +2
Two-dimensional (2D) materials represented by graphene stand out in future electrical industry and have been widely studied. As a commonly existing factor in electronic devices, th…
Phonon Scattering in the Complex Strain Field of a Dislocation
Yandong Sun, Yanguang Zhou, Ramya Gurunathan +5
Strain engineering is critical to the performance enhancement of electronic and thermoelectric devices because of its influence on the material thermal conductivity. However, curre…
Probing the Phonon Mean Free Paths in Dislocation Core by Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Yandong Sun, Yanguang Zhou, Ming Hu +3
Thermal management is extremely important for designing high-performance devices. The lattice thermal conductivity of materials is strongly dependent on the structural defects at d…
Exploring T-carbon for Energy Applications
Guangzhao Qin, Kuan-Rong Hao, Qing-Bo Yan +2
Seeking for next-generation energy sources that are economic, sustainable (renewable), clean (environment-friendly), and abundant in earth is crucial when facing the challenges of…
Anomalous thermal transport behavior in graphene-like carbon nitride (CN)
Guangzhao Qin, Zhenzhen Qin, Huimin Wang +2
New classes 2D carbon-based materials beyond graphene have been intensively studied for their promising applications in nano-/opto-/spin-electronics, catalysis, sensors, clean ener…
Strong phonon localization in PbTe with dislocations and large deviation to Matthiessen's rule
Yandong Sun, Yanguang Zhou, Jian Han +5
Dislocations can greatly enhance the figure of merit of thermoelectric materials by prominently reducing thermal conductivity. However, the evolution of phonon modes with different…
Insight of the thermal conductivity of iron at Earth's core conditions from the newly developed direct methodology
Sheng-Ying Yue, Ming Hu
The electronic thermal conductivity of iron at Earth's core conditions is an extremely important physical property in geophysics field. However, the exact value of electronic therm…
The role of resonant bonding in governing the thermal transport properties of two-dimensional black phosphorus
Guangzhao Qin, Ming Hu
Fundamental insight into lattice dynamics and phonon transport is critical to the efficient manipulation of heat flow, which is one of the appealing thermophysical problems with en…
Probing the phonon surface interaction by wave packet simulation: effect of roughness and morphology
Cheng Shao, Qingyuan Rong, Ming Hu +1
One way to reduce the lattice thermal conductivity of solids is to induce additional phonon surface scattering through nanostructures. However, how phonons interact with boundaries…
Decouple Electronic and Phononic Transport in Nanotwinned Structure: A New Strategy for Enhancing the Figure-of-merit of Thermoelectrics
Yanguang Zhou, Xiaojing Gong, Ben Xu +1
Thermoelectrics (TE) materials manifest themselves in direct conversion of temperature differences to electric power and vice versa. Despite remarkable advances have been achieved…
On the mechanism of hydrophilicity of graphene
Guo Hong, Yang Han, Thomas M. Schutzius +7
It is generally accepted that the hydrophilic property of graphene can be affected by the underlying substrate. However, the role of intrinsic vs. substrate contributions and the r…
Methodology for determining the electronic thermal conductivity of metals via direct non-equilibrium ab initio molecular dynamics
Sheng-Ying Yue, Xiaoliang Zhang, Stephen Stackhouse +3
Many physical properties of metals can be understood in terms of the free electron model, as proven by the Wiedemann-Franz law. According to this model, electronic thermal conducti…
Diverse anisotropy of phonon transport in two-dimensional IV-VI compounds: A comparative study
Guangzhao Qin, Zhenzhen Qin, Wu-Zhang Fang +5
New classes two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene, including layered and non-layered, and their heterostructures, are currently attracting increasing interest due to their…
Unexpectedly Large Tunability of Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Monolayer Silicene via Mechanical Strain
Han Xie, Tao Ouyang, Éric Germaneau +3
Strain engineering is one of the most promising and effective routes toward continuously tuning the electronic and optic properties of materials, while thermal properties are gener…
Quantitatively Analyzing Phonon Spectral Contribution of Thermal Conductivity Based on Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation II: From Time Fourier Transform
Yanguang Zhou, Ming Hu
From nano-scale heat transfer point of view, currently one of the most interesting and challenging tasks is to quantitatively analyzing phonon mode specific transport properties in…
Quantitatively Analyzing Phonon Spectral Contribution of Thermal Conductivity Based on Non-Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulation I: From Space Fourier Transform
Yanguang Zhou, Xiaoliang Zhang, Ming Hu
Probing detailed spectral dependence of phonon transport properties in bulk materials is critical to improve the function and performance of structures and devices in a diverse spe…
Anisotropic intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of phosphorene from first principles
Guangzhao Qin, Qing-Bo Yan, Zhenzhen Qin +3
Phosphorene, the single layer counterpart of black phosphorus, is a novel two-dimensional semiconductor with high carrier mobility and a large fundamental direct band gap, which ha…
Mechanics of nanoscale wrinkling of graphene on a non-developable spherical surface
Yanguang Zhou, Yuli Chen, Bin Liu +4
The configuration of graphene (GE) sheet conforming to the spherical surface substrate is studied through theoretical model and molecular simulations. Two basic configurations are…