Thermal conductivity of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 705-716

  Lukes, Jennifer R ^a   Zhong, Hongliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular dynamics simulation; Phonon; Single wall carbon nanotube; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

HEAT CURRENT; MOLECUAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 34547130087     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2717242     Document Type: Article

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