Strain dependence of the heat transport properties of graphene nanoribbons

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Emmeline Yeo, Pei Shan ^a,b   Loh, Kian Ping ^a   Gan, Chee Kwan ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC THERMAL CONDUCTANCES; CARBON ATOMS; FORCE CONSTANTS; GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSPORT PROPERTY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NON EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION METHOD; OUT-OF-PLANE; OUT-OF-PLANE DIRECTION; STRAIN DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; TO EFFECT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HEAT TRANSFER; NANOSTRUCTURES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAPHITE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84870018724     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/49/495702     Document Type: Article

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