Outline:

• Lattice vibrations and phonons
• The vibrating string
• Interfaces between dissimilar strings: acoustic mismatch
• Discrete masses and the vibrational eigenspectrum
• General thermal transport theory

“Electronics from the Bottom Up” is an educational initiative designed to bring a new perspective to the field of nano device engineering. It is co-sponsored by the Intel Foundation and the Network for Computational Nanotechnology.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Timothy S Fisher (2011), "Tutorial 1: Thermal Transport Across Interfaces - Phonons," https://nanohub.org/resources/11801.

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1. bottom up approach
2. nanoelectronics
3. phonons
4. Summer School
5. thermal transport