An investigation of the phonon properties of silicon nanowires

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1095-1102

  Huang, Mei Jiau ^a   Weng, Chieu Chou ^a   Chang, Tai Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confined phonon spectrum; Molecular dynamics simulations; Silicon nanowires

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PHONONS; ADDITIONAL MODE; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BULK COUNTERPART; BULK VALUE; CONFINED PHONONS; DENSITY OF STATE; EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GROUP VELOCITIES; LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; LOWER FREQUENCIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON DENSITY OF STATE; PHONON DISPERSIONS; PHONON PROPERTIES; PHONON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON WIRES; SIMULATION RESULT; SIZE CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SURFACE SCATTERING; WAVE NUMBERS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

PHONONS;

EID: 77955231373     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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