• 文献标题:   Defect-induced circulating thermal current in graphene with nanosized width
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MOROOKA M, YAMAMOTO T, WATANABE K
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tokyo Univ Sci
  • 被引频次:   54
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.77.033412
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

A unique thermal transport mechanism has been predicted in graphene nanoribbons with Stone-Wales defects via two complementary approaches: the nonequilibrium Green's function method and the phonon-wave packet scattering method. In the low-energy region, the thermal current is carried by phonons with wavelength longer than the defect size, which flows ballistically along the edges of the ribbons. In contrast, high-energy phonons, with short wavelengths, are strongly scattered. The phonon transmission is reduced to zero for a specific phonon energy and a noticeable circulating thermal current is observed in the heptagonal rings of the Stone-Wales defect around the zero-transmission point.