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Title: The contact area dependent interfacial thermal conductance

Abstract

The effects of the contact area on the interfacial thermal conductance σ are investigated using the atomic Green’s function method. Different from the prediction of the heat diffusion transport model, we obtain an interesting result that the interfacial thermal conductance per unit area Λ is positively dependent on the contact area as the area varies from a few atoms to several square nanometers. Through calculating the phonon transmission function, it is uncovered that the phonon transmission per unit area increases with the increased contact area. This is attributed to that each atom has more neighboring atoms in the counterpart of the interface with the increased contact area, which provides more channels for phonon transport.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Design and Manufacture of Micro-Nano Biomedical Instruments, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211100 (China)
  2. College of Physical Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225002 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22492220
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Advances
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 12; Other Information: (c) 2015 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2158-3226
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ATOMS; DIFFUSION; GREEN FUNCTION; HEAT; INTERFACES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT THEORY

Citation Formats

Liu, Chenhan, Wei, Zhiyong, Bi, Kedong, Yang, Juekuan, Chen, Yunfei, and Wang, Jian. The contact area dependent interfacial thermal conductance. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4937775.
Liu, Chenhan, Wei, Zhiyong, Bi, Kedong, Yang, Juekuan, Chen, Yunfei, & Wang, Jian. The contact area dependent interfacial thermal conductance. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937775
Liu, Chenhan, Wei, Zhiyong, Bi, Kedong, Yang, Juekuan, Chen, Yunfei, and Wang, Jian. 2015. "The contact area dependent interfacial thermal conductance". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4937775.
@article{osti_22492220,
title = {The contact area dependent interfacial thermal conductance},
author = {Liu, Chenhan and Wei, Zhiyong and Bi, Kedong and Yang, Juekuan and Chen, Yunfei and Wang, Jian},
abstractNote = {The effects of the contact area on the interfacial thermal conductance σ are investigated using the atomic Green’s function method. Different from the prediction of the heat diffusion transport model, we obtain an interesting result that the interfacial thermal conductance per unit area Λ is positively dependent on the contact area as the area varies from a few atoms to several square nanometers. Through calculating the phonon transmission function, it is uncovered that the phonon transmission per unit area increases with the increased contact area. This is attributed to that each atom has more neighboring atoms in the counterpart of the interface with the increased contact area, which provides more channels for phonon transport.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4937775},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22492220}, journal = {AIP Advances},
issn = {2158-3226},
number = 12,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}