Tuning the thermal conductivity of graphene nanoribbons by edge passivation and isotope engineering: A molecular dynamics study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 13, 2010, Pages

  Hu, Jiuning ^a   Schiffli, Stephen ^a   Vallabhaneni, Ajit ^a   Ruan, Xiulin ^a   Chen, Yong P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; H-PASSIVATION; HEAT MANAGEMENT; ISOTOPE ENGINEERING; ISOTOPE MIXTURES; NANOSCALE ENGINEERING; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL TRANSPORT;

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; GRAPHENE; ISOTOPES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PASSIVATION; SUPERLATTICES; THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77957661314     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3491267     Document Type: Article

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