Effects of temperature and disorder on thermal boundary conductance at solid-solid interfaces: Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 50, Issue 19-20, 2007, Pages 3977-3989

  Stevens, Robert J ^a   Zhigilei, Leonid V ^b   Norris, Pamela M ^b  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Interfaces; Molecular dynamics simulations; Nanocomposites; Thermal boundary conductance; Thermal boundary resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DIFFUSE MISMATCH MODEL (DMM); THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; VIBRATIONAL DENSITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34248393399     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.01.040     Document Type: Article

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