Thermal transport at the nanoscale level is attracting attention not only because of its
physically interesting features such as the peculiar behavior of phonons due to their …

Nano-phononic crystals have attracted a great deal of research interest in the field of
nanoscale thermal transport due to their unique coherent thermal transport behavior. So far …

Thermal transport in amorphous materials has remained one of the fundamental questions
in solid state physics while involving a very large field of applications. Using a heat …

Chalcogenide semiconductors and semimetals are a fertile class of efficient thermoelectric
materials, which, in most cases, exhibit very low lattice thermal conductivity κ ph despite …

We use vibrational dynamical mean-field theory (VDMFT) to study the vibrational structure of
type-I clathrate solids, specifically X 8 Ga 16 Ge 30, where X= Ba, Sr. These materials are …

Thermoelectric (TE) materials that can achieve mutual conversion of electricity and heat has
experienced remarkable growth over the past two decades. While many TE materials exhibit …

Thermal rectification is a promising way to manipulate the heat flow, in which thermal
phonons are spectrally and collectively controlled. As phononic devices are mostly relying …

Understanding the thermal conductivity (κ) of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with
adsorbates is critical for tailoring their heat dissipation in practical applications. However, a …

Resonant bonding, arising from an unsaturated electronic occupation configuration, has
been demonstrated as a crucial signature for intrinsically low lattice thermal conductivity (κ l) …

Inorganic clathrates such as Ba 8 Ga x Ge 46− x and Ba 8 Al x Si 46− x commonly exhibit
very low thermal conductivities. A quantitative computational description of this important …