Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials

F Yang, Z Zhang, L Xu, Z Liu, P Jin, P Zhuang… - Reviews of Modern …, 2024 - APS
Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of
energy and mass transport that inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical …

Theoretical models on interfacial thermal conductance of nanoscale solid interfaces in chips: a mini review

Z Zong, X Chen, B Yan, Y Xie, J Pang, G Li… - Chinese Physics …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
With the rapid increase in power density of electronic devices, thermal management has
become urgent for the electronics industry. Controlling temperature in the backend-of-line is …

Phonon dispersion of buckled two-dimensional GaN

Z Zhang, T Wang, H Jiang, X Xu, J Wang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Group-III nitride semiconductors such as GaN have various important applications based on
their three-dimensional form. Previous work has demonstrated the realization of buckled two …

Nonequivalent atomic vibrations at interfaces in a polar superlattice

ER Hoglund, HA Walker, K Hussain, DL Bao… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In heterostructures made from polar materials, eg, AlN–GaN–AlN, the nonequivalence of the
two interfaces is long recognized as a critical aspect of their electronic properties; in that …

Atomic-scale visualization of defect-induced localized vibrations in GaN

H Jiang, T Wang, Z Zhang, F Liu, R Shi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Phonon engineering is crucial for thermal management in GaN-based power devices, where
phonon-defect interactions limit performance. However, detecting nanoscale phonon …

Phonon resonance modulation in weak van der Waals heterostructures: Controlling thermal transport in graphene–silicon nanoparticle systems

Y Li, Y Liu, S Hu - Chinese Physics B, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The drive for efficient thermal management has intensified with the miniaturization of
electronic devices. This study explores the modulation of phonon transport within graphene …

A composite ansatz for calculation of dynamical structure factor

Y Zhang, C Mo, P Zhang, W Kang - Chinese Physics Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose an ansatz without adjustable parameters for the calculation of a dynamical
structure factor. The ansatz combines the quasi-particle Green's function, especially the …

Unlocking the Potential of Two-Dimensional Janus Superlattices: Directly Visualizing Phonon Transitions

Y Liu, J Yue, Y Liu, LL Nian, S Hu - Chinese Physics Letters, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent research has focused on using Anderson's localization concept to modulate
coherent phonon transport by introducing disorder into periodic structures. However …

Anomalous thermal transport across the superionic transition in ice

R Qiu, Q Zeng, H Wang, D Kang, X Yu… - Chinese Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Superionic ices with highly mobile protons within stable oxygen sub-lattices occupy an
important proportion of the phase diagram of ice and widely exist in the interior of icy giants …