Thermal interface conductance in Si/Ge superlattices by equilibrium molecular dynamics

By Keivan Esfarjani, Gang Chen, Y. Chalopin, A. Henry, S. Volz. 2012

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Gesuperlattices.Thermalconductancecalculationsofsuperlatticeswithperiodthicknessesrangingfrom0.5to60nmarepresentedaswellasthetemperaturedependence.ResultshavebeencomparedtocomplementaryGreen-Kubothermalconductivitycalculationsdemonstratingthatthermalconductivityofperfectsuperlatticescanbedirectlydeduced from interfacial conductance in the investigated period range. This confirms the predominant role ofinterfaces in materials with large phonon mean free paths.DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.195302 PACS number(s): 65

Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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