Phonon ballistic transport in the atomic chains with different interface connections to the heat reservoir

• Main Authors: Ye, En-Jia, Fu, Chen-Bo, Sui, Wen-Quan, Sun, Changqing, Zhao, Xuean
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Nanoelectronics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105233; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17068; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2012.02.024
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Phonon transport in the uniform, dimer, Fibonacci and random atomic chains has been comparatively examined using the nonequilibrium atomistic Green's function method, with particular focus on the interface effects. The tapered and the flat contact to the heat reservoir are compared. It is found...