The ultralow thermal conductivity, κ, observed experimentally in intentionally roughened
silicon nanowires (SiNWs) is reproduced in phonon Monte Carlo simulations with …

Energy transport and conversion in nanoscale structures is a rapidly expanding area of
science. It looks set to make a significant impact on human life and, with numerous …

In this paper, we firstly develop the shell and core-shell HC models for the first time. Then,
the differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) method is applied to measure HCs of copper …

The recent demonstration of thermal conductivity of rough electrolessly etched Si nanowire
(Hochbaum et al., Nature, 451: 163, 2008) attracted a lot of interest, because it could not be …

We introduce a technique to calculate thermal conductivity in disordered nanostructures: a
finite-difference time-domain solution of the elastic-wave equation combined with the Green …

It is theoretically demonstrated that the figure of merit (ZT) of quantum dot (QD) junctions can
be significantly enhanced when the degree of degeneracy of the energy levels involved in …

Ballistic thermal conductances (BTCs) by phonons through superlattice quantum-
waveguides are investigated by using the scattering-matrix method and the elastic …

The influence of elastic energy anisotropy on phonon density of states (PDOS) and phonon
mean free paths for acoustic modes in nanowires of cubic crystals with positive (Ge, Si, LiF …

Based on Lindemann's criterion, a specific heat capacity model for nanoporous material was
proposed by defining the surface-atom layer, to take the surface atoms and the volume …

Using the scattering-matrix method, we studied ballistic phonon transmission and thermal
conductance at low temperatures in a cylindrical quantum wire with bridge contacts. The …