Molecular dynamics simulation of thermal conductivity of silicon nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2056-2058

  Volz, Sebastian G ^a   Chen, Gang ^b  

^a Laboratoire d'Etudes Thermiques   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; NANOWIRES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 0032613446     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124914     Document Type: Article

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