Thermal rectification in carbon nanotube intramolecular junctions: Molecular dynamics calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Gang ^a   Li, Baowen ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 34548042315     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.085424     Document Type: Article

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