Dependencies of the thermal conductivity of individual single-walled carbon nanotubes

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems

Volumn 224, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-54

  Lee, J W ^a   Meade, A J ^a   Barrera, E V ^a   Templeton, J A ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Molecular dynamics; Phonon; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL PARAMETERS; PHONON DENSITY OF STATE; PROXIMATE CAUSE;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); STEREOCHEMISTRY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 80052862957     PISSN: 17403499     EISSN: 20413092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740349911402422     Document Type: Article

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