-
Spectral Phonon Relaxation Time Calculation Tool Based on Molecular Dynamics
07 Aug 2017 | Contributor(s):: Divya Chalise, Tianli Feng, Xiulin Ruan
Thermal conductivity is an important material property which affects the performance of a wide range of devices from thermoelectrics to nanoelectronics. Information about phonon vibration modes and phonon relaxation time gives significant insight into understanding and engineering...
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L1: Introduction
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Alan McGaughey, Xiulin Ruan
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L2: MD Simulation, Green Kubo, Direct Method
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Xiulin Ruan, Alan McGaughey
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L3: Harmonic Lattice Dynamics, Spectral Methods
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Xiulin Ruan, Alan McGaughey
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L4: Anharmonic Lattice dynamics, First Principles
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Alan McGaughey, Xiulin Ruan
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L5: Phonon-Boundary and Phonon-Defect Scattering
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Alan McGaughey, Xiulin Ruan
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling L6: Phonon-Electron Coupling and Non-equilibrium
Presentation Materials | 04 Jan 2017 | Contributor(s):: Xiulin Ruan, Alan McGaughey
Part of the 2016 IMECE Tutorial: Fundamentals of Phonon Transport Modeling: Formulation, Implementation, and Applications.
-
Thermoelectric effects in semiconductor nanostructures: Role of electron and lattice properties
Presentation Materials | 06 Oct 2010 | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation covers some aspects of present development in the field of thermoelectricity and focuses particularly on the silicon nanowires as potential thermoelectric materials. The electronic and phonon dispersions are calculated and used for the calculation of thermoelectric properties in...