Tunable thermal rectification in graphene nanoribbons through defect engineering: A molecular dynamics study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yan ^a   Chen, Siyu ^a   Ruan, Xiulin ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC REGIME; DEFECT ENGINEERING; DIFFUSIVE REGIME; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE BIAS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MEAN-FREE PATH; NON EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMIC (NEMD); OPTIMUM CONDITIONS;

GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

CRYSTAL DEFECTS;

EID: 84859982800     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3703756     Document Type: Article

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