Nose-Hoover thermostat length effect on thermal conductivity of single wall carbon nanotubes

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 25-26, 2010, Pages 5884-5887

  Shelly, Robert A ^a   Toprak, Kasim ^a   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Conduction; Molecular dynamics; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION; LENGTH DEPENDENCE; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOSTATS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77957300221     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.06.054     Document Type: Article

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