Thermal transport in off-stoichiometric uranium dioxide by atomic level simulation

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 850-856

  Watanabe, Taku ^a,f   Srivilliputhur, Srinivasan G ^b,c   Schelling, Patrick K ^d   Tulenko, James S ^e   Sinnott, Susan B ^a   Phillpot, Simon R ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LEVEL SIMULATIONS; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DIRECT METHODS; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARTICIPATION RATIOS; POLARIZATION VECTORS; THERMAL TRANSPORTS;

ACTINIDES; DEFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SOLIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; URANIUM; URANIUM DIOXIDE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

LATTICE VIBRATIONS;

EID: 64549093796     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.02966.x     Document Type: Article

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