Phonon engineering in carbon nanotubes by controlling defect concentration

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4971-4977

  Sevik, Cem ^a   Sevinçli, Hâldun ^b   Cuniberti, Gianaurelio ^b,c   Çan, Tahir ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c National Center for Nanomaterials Technology (NCNT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DEFECT SCATTERING; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; GREEN'S FUNCTION METHODS; HIGH FREQUENCY PHONONS; LARGE DEVIATIONS; LOW-FREQUENCY PHONON; MEAN FREE PATH; MULTIPLE DEFECTS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NONEQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONON ENGINEERING; PHONON TRANSPORT; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; STONE-WALES DEFECTS; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; GRAPHENE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MICROMETERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

DEFECTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VIBRATION;

EID: 80755189385     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2029333     Document Type: Article

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