Mesoscopic Theories of Heat Transport in Nanosystems

• Main Authors: Sellitto, Antonio (Author), Cimmelli, Vito Antonio (Author), Jou, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, 6
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Mathematical physics.; Continuum physics.; Condensed matter.; Mathematical Physics.; Classical Continuum Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.

This book presents generalized heat-conduction laws which, from a mesoscopic perspective, are relevant to new applications (especially in nanoscale heat transfer, nanoscale thermoelectric phenomena, and in diffusive-to-ballistic regime) and at the same time keep up with the pace of current microscop...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Nonequilibrium thermodynamics and heat transport at nanoscale
• 2 Linear and nonlinear heat-transport equations
• 3 Mesoscopic description of boundary effects and effective thermal conductivity in nanosystems: phonon hydrodynamics
• 4 Mesoscopic description of effective thermal conductivity in porous systems, nanocomposites and nanofluids
• 5 Weakly nonlocal and nonlinear heat transport
• 6 Heat transport with phonons and electrons and efficiency of thermoelectric generators
• 7 Perspectives.