• 文献标题:   Effects of nanosized constriction on thermal transport properties of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YAO WJ, CAO BY, YUN HM, CHEN BM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, ballistic resistance, nanosized constriction, molecular dynamics simulation
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-9-408
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Thermal transport properties of graphene with nanosized constrictions are investigated using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The results show that the nanosized constrictions have a significant influence on the thermal transport properties of graphene. The thermal resistance of the nanosized constrictions is on the order of 10(7) to 10(9) K/W at 150 K, which reduces the thermal conductivity by 7.7% to 90.4%. It is also found that the constriction resistance is inversely proportional to the width of the constriction and independent of the heat current. Moreover, we developed an analytical model for the ballistic thermal resistance of the nanosized constrictions in two-dimensional nanosystems. The theoretical prediction agrees well with the simulation results in this paper, which suggests that the thermal transport across the nanosized constrictions in two-dimensional nanosystems is ballistic in nature.