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| Title: | Thermal conductivity of an ultrathin carbon nanotube with an X-shaped junction |
| Authors: | Meng, F. Y.
Ogata, Shigenobu
Xu, D. S.
Shibutani, Y.
Shi, San-qiang |
| Subjects: | Carbon nanotubes
Molecular dynamics method
Thermal conductivity |
| Issue Date: | 15-May-2007 |
| Publisher: | American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical review B, condensed matter and materials physics, 15 May 2007, v. 75, no. 20, 205403, p. 1-6. |
| Abstract: | The thermal conductivity of the ultrathin carbon nanotube with and without an X-shaped junction was investigated using nonequilibrium molecular-dynamics simulations. The ultrathin carbon nanotube exhibits superhigh thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of the nanotube with junctions was 20–80% less than that of a straight nanotube depending on temperature. There is a jump in the temperature profile around the junction, contributing to a larger temperature gradient and reduction in the thermal conductivity. The thermal conductivity of armchair nanotube junctions is sensitive to the topological structures at the junction region. |
| Description: | DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205403 |
| Rights: | Physical Review B © 2007 The American Physical Society. The Journal's web site is located at http://prb.aps.org/ |
| Type: | Journal/Magazine Article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/4748 |
| ISSN: | 1098-0121 (print)
1550-235X (online) |
| Appears in Collections: | ME Journal/Magazine Articles
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