{
  "id": "0910.2747",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2009-10-14T22:53:47.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-04-05T00:29:02.000Z",
  "title": "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Boundary Conductance Between Carbon Nanotubes and SiO2",
  "authors": [
    "Zhun-Yong Ong",
    "Eric Pop"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. B 81, 155408 (2010)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.81.155408",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.mtrl-sci"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate thermal energy coupling between carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and SiO2 with non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. The thermal boundary conductance (g) per unit CNT length is found to scale proportionally with the strength of the Van der Waals interaction (~X), with CNT diameter (~D), and as a weak power law of temperature (~T^1/3 between 200-600 K). The thermal relaxation time of a single CNT on SiO2 is independent of diameter, tau ~ 85 ps. With the standard set of parameters g ~ 0.1 W/m/K for a 1.7 nm diameter CNT at room temperature. Our results are comparable to, and explain the range of experimental values for CNT-SiO2 thermal coupling from variations in diameter, temperature, or details of the surface interaction strength.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2010-04-05T00:29:02.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "61.46.Fg",
      "65.80.-g",
      "68.35.-p",
      "68.47.Gh"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "thermal boundary conductance",
      "carbon nanotubes",
      "van der waals interaction",
      "non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations",
      "surface interaction strength"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Apr",
      "volume": 81,
      "number": 15,
      "pages": 155408
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010PhRvB..81o5408O"
    }
  }
}