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
• 其他作者: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2013
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Nanoelectronics
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105233; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/17068; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physe.2012.02.024
• 機構: 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...