A molecular dynamics study of the thermal conductivity of nanoporous silica aerogel, obtained through negative pressure rupturing

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 358, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1350-1355

  Ng, T Y ^a   Yeo, J J ^a,b   Liu, Z S ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Negative pressure rupturing; Reverse non equilibrium molecular dynamics; Silica aerogel; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LINEAR DECREASE; NANOPOROUS SILICA; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; NON EQUILIBRIUM MOLECULAR DYNAMIC (NEMD); POWER-LAW; SILICA AEROGELS; VARIOUS DENSITIES;

AEROGELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84860273255     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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