Asymmetric energy transport in defected boron nitride nanoribbons: Implications for thermal rectification
Using molecular dynamics simulations, the thermal transport properties of boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNR) containing geometrically-asymmetric triangular nano-vacancies were investigated. By suitably interpreting the time-evolution of spatially decomposed heat-current autocorrelation function in ter...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AIP Publishing LLC
2011-12-01
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| Series: | AIP Advances |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675924 |
| Summary: | Using molecular dynamics simulations, the thermal transport properties of boron nitride nanoribbons (BNNR) containing geometrically-asymmetric triangular nano-vacancies were investigated. By suitably interpreting the time-evolution of spatially decomposed heat-current autocorrelation function in terms of phonon propagation characteristics, we have demonstrated the possibility of observing defect induced direction-dependent thermal transport in BNNR. This was further confirmed by appropriate analysis of direction dependent thermal diffusivity estimations in BNNR. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-3226 |