dc.contributor.author | Henry, Asegun | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Gang | |
dc.contributor.author | Plimpton, Steven J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Aidan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-31T17:04:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-31T17:04:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-10 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2010-08 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-0121 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1550-235X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63142 | |
dc.description.abstract | The thermal conductivity of nanostructures generally decreases with decreasing size because of classical size effects. The axial thermal conductivity of polymer chain lattices, however, can exhibit the opposite trend, because of reduced chain-chain anharmonic scattering. This unique feature gives rise to an interesting one-dimensional-to-three-dimensional transition in phonon transport. We study this transition by calculating the thermal conductivity of polyethylene with molecular dynamics simulations. The results are important for designing inexpensive high thermal-conductivity polymers. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Dept. of Energy | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant no. CBET-0755825) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.144308 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | APS | en_US |
dc.title | 1D-to-3D transition of phonon heat conduction in polyethylene using molecular dynamics simulations | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Henry, Asegun et al. “1D-to-3D transition of phonon heat conduction in polyethylene using molecular dynamics simulations.” Physical Review B 82.14 (2010) : n. pag. © 2010 The American Physical Society | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Chen, Gang | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Henry, Asegun | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Chen, Gang | |
dc.relation.journal | Physical review B | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Henry, Asegun; Chen, Gang; Plimpton, Steven; Thompson, Aidan | en |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-8530 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |