Phonon Thermal Transport in Silicon-Based Nanomaterials

• Main Authors: Li, Hai-Peng (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Zhang, Rui-Qin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Solid state physics.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Nanotechnology.; Physics.; Materials science.; Force and energy.; Solid State Physics.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation.; Energy Materials.

In this Brief, authors introduce the advance in theoretical and experimental techniques for determining the thermal conductivity in nanomaterials, and focus on review of their recent theoretical studies on the thermal properties of silicon-based nanomaterials, such as zero-dimensional silicon nanocl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theoretical and Experimental Methods for Determining the Thermal Conductivity of Nanostructures
• Thermal Stability and Phonon Thermal Transport in Spherical Silicon Nanoclusters
• Phonon Thermal Transport in Silicon Nanowires and Its Surface Effect
• Phonon Thermal Transport in Silicene and Its Defect Effects
• Summary and Concluding Remarks.