Size-dependent structural characteristics and phonon thermal transport in silicon nanoclusters

We investigate the size effects on the structures and thermal conductivity of silicon nanoclusters (SiNCs) using molecular dynamics simulations. We demonstrate that as the diameter of the SiNCs increases from 1.80 nm to 3.46 nm, the cluster structure changes from an amorphous state to a crystalline...

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Main Authors: Hai-Peng Li, Rui-Qin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2013-08-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.1063/1.4818591