Guided Acoustic Phonon Modes in Layered Anisotropic Nanowires

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osama M. Mukdadi ◽  
Subhendu K. Datta ◽  
Martin L. Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Energy Transport ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Acoustic Phonons ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Low Velocity ◽  
Analysis Technique

Acoustic phonons play a critical role in energy transport in nanostructures. The dispersion of acoustic phonons strongly influences thermal conductivity. Recent observations show lower values of thermal conductivity in finite dimensional nanostructures than in the bulk material. In this work, we will present results for guided acoustic phonon modes in (a) a bilayered GaAs-Nb nanowire of rectangular cross section and (b) a trapezoidal Si nanowire. The former has been used for phonon counting in a nanocalorimeter for measuring thermal conductivity and the latter is commonly used in MEMS applications. A semi-analytical finite element (SAFE) analysis technique has been used to investigate the effects of layering, anisotropy, and boundaries on the dispersion of modes of propagation. Many interesting features of group velocities are found that show confinements around the corners, in the low velocity layer, and coupling of the longitudinal and flexural modes. These would strongly influence thermal conductivity and might provide means of nondestrutive evaluation of mechanical properties.

scholarly journals Parametric resonance of acoustic and optical phonons in GaAs/GaAsAl quantum well in the presence of laser field

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Dung Tien Nguyen ◽  
Le Canh Trung ◽  
Pham Thi Hoai Duong ◽  
Tran Cong Phong
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Well ◽  
Quantum Wells ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Parametric Resonance ◽  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Parametric Amplification ◽  
Optical Phonons ◽  
Acoustic Phonons ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Threshold Amplitude

In this paper, we analytically investigated the possibility of parametric resonance of acoustic and optical phonons. We obtained a general dispersion equation for parametric amplification and transformation of phonons. The dispersions of the resonant acoustic phonon modes and the threshold amplitude of the field for acoustic phonon parametric amplification are obtained. The parametric amplification for acoustic phonons in a GaAs/GaAsAl quantum well can occur under the condition that the amplitude of the external electromagnetic field is higher than the threshold amplitude. Full Text: PDF ReferencesB. A. Glavin, V. A. Kochelap, T. L. Linnik, P. Walker, A. J. Kent and M. Henini, "Monochromatic terahertz acoustic phonon emission from piezoelectric superlattices", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol 92, (2007). CrossRef O. A. C. Nunes, "Piezoelectric surface acoustical phonon amplification in graphene on a GaAs substrate", Journal of Applied Physics 115, 233715 (2014). CrossRef Yu. E. Lozovik, S. P. Merkulova, I. V. Ovchinnikov, "Sasers: resonant transitions in narrow-gap semiconductors and in exciton system in coupled quantum wells", Phys. Lett. A 282, 407-414, (2001). CrossRef R.P. Beardsley, A.V. Akimov, M. Henini and A.J. Kent, "Coherent Terahertz Sound Amplification and Spectral Line Narrowing in a Stark Ladder Superlattice", PRL 104, 085501, (2010). CrossRef Pascal Ruello, Vitalyi E. Gusev, "Physical mechanisms of coherent acoustic phonons generation by ultrafast laser action", Ultrasonics 56, 21-35, (2015). CrossRef L. Esaki, in Proc. 17th Int. Conf. Phys. Semiconductors, San Francisco, CA, Aug, J.D. Chadi and W.A. Harrison, Eds, Berlin: Springer- Verlag, 473, (1984). DirectLink W. Xu, F. M. Peeters and J. T. Devreese, "Electrophonon resonances in a quasi-two-dimensional electron system", Phys. Rev. B 48, 1562 (1993). CrossRef Tran Cong Phong, Nguyen Quang Bau, "Parametric resonance of acoustic and optical phonons in a quantum well", Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 42, No. 5, 647-651, (2003). DirectLink

Thermal Characterization of Carbon-Carbon Composites

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Messiha Saad ◽  
Darryl Baker ◽  
Rhys Reaves
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Thermal Properties ◽  
Thermal Diffusivity ◽  
Specific Heat ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Carbon Composite ◽  
Flash Method ◽  
Carbon Composites ◽  
Energy Storage Devices ◽  
Graphitized Carbon

Thermal properties of materials such as specific heat, thermal diffusivity, and thermal conductivity are very important in the engineering design process and analysis of aerospace vehicles as well as space systems. These properties are also important in power generation, transportation, and energy storage devices including fuel cells and solar cells. Thermal conductivity plays a critical role in the performance of materials in high temperature applications. Thermal conductivity is the property that determines the working temperature levels of the material, and it is an important parameter in problems involving heat transfer and thermal structures. The objective of this research is to develop thermal properties data base for carbon-carbon and graphitized carbon-carbon composite materials. The carbon-carbon composites tested were produced by the Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) process using T300 2-D carbon fabric and Primaset PT-30 cyanate ester. The graphitized carbon-carbon composite was heat treated to 2500°C. The flash method was used to measure the thermal diffusivity of the materials; this method is based on America Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM E1461 standard. In addition, the differential scanning calorimeter was used in accordance with the ASTM E1269 standard to determine the specific heat. The thermal conductivity was determined using the measured values of their thermal diffusivity, specific heat, and the density of the materials.

Thermal Design of Highly-Efficient Thermoelectric Materials With Atomic-Scale Three-Dimensional Phononic Crystals

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Numa Gillet ◽  
Yann Chalopin ◽  
Sebastian Volz
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Phononic Crystal ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Mean Free Path ◽  
Dispersion Curves ◽  
Phononic Crystals ◽  
Thermal Design ◽  
Atomic Scale ◽  
Thermal Insulating

Owing to their thermal insulating properties, superlattices have been extensively studied. A breakthrough in the performance of thermoelectric devices was achieved by using superlattice materials. The problem of those nanostructured materials is that they mainly affect heat transfer in only one direction. In this paper, the concept of canceling heat conduction in the three spatial directions by using atomic-scale three-dimensional (3D) phononic crystals is explored. A period of our atomic-scale 3D phononic crystal is made up of a large number of diamond-like cells of silicon atoms, which form a square supercell. At the center of each supercell, we substitute a smaller number of Si diamond-like cells by other diamond-like cells, which are composed of germanium atoms. This elementary heterostructure is periodically repeated to form a Si/Ge 3D nanostructure. To obtain different atomic configurations of the phononic crystal, the number of Ge diamond-like cells at the center of each supercell can be varied by substitution of Si diamond-like cells. The dispersion curves of those atomic configurations can be computed by lattice dynamics. With a general equation, the thermal conductivity of our atomic-scale 3D phononic crystal can be derived from the dispersion curves. The thermal conductivity can be reduced by at least one order of magnitude in an atomic-scale 3D phononic crystal compared to a bulk material. This reduction is due to the decrease of the phonon group velocities without taking into account that of the phonon average mean free path.

Quantized Acoustic-Phonon Modes in Metallic Nanowire Structures

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 3019-3022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hou Yuexia ◽  
Xu Wen ◽  
Hu Jiaguang ◽  
Xiao Yiming
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Phonon Modes

scholarly journals Study of Thermometry in Two-Dimensional Sb2Te3 from Temperature-Dependent Raman Spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manavendra P. Singh ◽  
Manab Mandal ◽  
K. Sethupathi ◽  
M. S. Ramachandra Rao ◽  
Pramoda K. Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Temperature Coefficient ◽  
Heat Dissipation ◽  
Peak Position ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Excellent Candidate ◽  
High Figure

AbstractDiscovery of two-dimensional (2D) topological insulators (TIs) demonstrates tremendous potential in the field of thermoelectric since the last decade. Here, we have synthesized 2D TI, Sb2Te3 of various thicknesses in the range 65–400 nm using mechanical exfoliation and studied temperature coefficient in the range 100–300 K using micro-Raman spectroscopy. The temperature dependence of the peak position and line width of phonon modes have been analyzed to determine the temperature coefficient, which is found to be in the order of 10–2 cm−1/K, and it decreases with a decrease in Sb2Te3 thickness. Such low-temperature coefficient would favor to achieve a high figure of merit (ZT) and pave the way to use this material as an excellent candidate for thermoelectric materials. We have estimated the thermal conductivity of Sb2Te3 flake with the thickness of 115 nm supported on 300-nm SiO2/Si substrate which is found to be ~ 10 W/m–K. The slightly higher thermal conductivity value suggests that the supporting substrate significantly affects the heat dissipation of the Sb2Te3 flake.

scholarly journals Acoustic phonon lifetimes limit thermal transport in methylammonium lead iodide

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (47) ◽  
pp. 11905-11910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryeh Gold-Parker ◽  
Peter M. Gehring ◽  
Jonathan M. Skelton ◽  
Ian C. Smith ◽  
Dan Parshall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lattice Dynamics ◽  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Optoelectronic Devices ◽  
High Energy ◽  
High Energy Resolution ◽  
Phonon Coupling ◽  
Lead Iodide ◽  
Phonon Modes ◽  
Electron Phonon Coupling ◽  
Methylammonium Lead Iodide

Hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites (HOIPs) have become an important class of semiconductors for solar cells and other optoelectronic applications. Electron–phonon coupling plays a critical role in all optoelectronic devices, and although the lattice dynamics and phonon frequencies of HOIPs have been well studied, little attention has been given to phonon lifetimes. We report high-precision momentum-resolved measurements of acoustic phonon lifetimes in the hybrid perovskite methylammonium lead iodide (MAPI), using inelastic neutron spectroscopy to provide high-energy resolution and fully deuterated single crystals to reduce incoherent scattering from hydrogen. Our measurements reveal extremely short lifetimes on the order of picoseconds, corresponding to nanometer mean free paths and demonstrating that acoustic phonons are unable to dissipate heat efficiently. Lattice-dynamics calculations using ab initio third-order perturbation theory indicate that the short lifetimes stem from strong three-phonon interactions and a high density of low-energy optical phonon modes related to the degrees of freedom of the organic cation. Such short lifetimes have significant implications for electron–phonon coupling in MAPI and other HOIPs, with direct impacts on optoelectronic devices both in the cooling of hot carriers and in the transport and recombination of band edge carriers. These findings illustrate a fundamental difference between HOIPs and conventional photovoltaic semiconductors and demonstrate the importance of understanding lattice dynamics in the effort to develop metal halide perovskite optoelectronic devices.

scholarly journals Large contribution of quasi-acoustic shear phonon modes to thermal conductivity in novel monolayer Ga2O3

2021 ◽  
Vol 130 (10) ◽  
pp. 105106
Author(s):  
Gang Liu ◽  
Zhaofu Zhang ◽  
Hui Wang ◽  
Guo-Ling Li ◽  
Jian-Sheng Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Large Contribution ◽  
Phonon Modes

scholarly journals Calculations of the thermal conductivity of Si1-xGex films with nonuniform composition

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
V. V. Kuryliuk ◽  
O. M. Krit
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Relaxation Time ◽  
Boltzmann Equation ◽  
Temperature Interval ◽  
Thermoelectric Properties ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Nonuniform Distribution ◽  
Time Approximation ◽  
Relaxation Time Approximation ◽  
Available Information

SiGe films have attracted much attention recently due to experimental demonstrations of improved thermoelectric properties over those of the corresponding bulk material. However, despite this increasing attention, available information on the thermoelectric properties of Si1-xGex films is quite limited, especially for nonuniform composition in wide temperature interval. In this paper we have used the Boltzmann equation under the relaxation-time approximation to calculate the thermal conductivity of Si1-xGex films with nonuniform composition. It is confirmed that SiGe films with nonuniform composition has significantly lower thermal conductivity than its uniform counterpart. This suggests that an improvement in thermoelectric properties is possible by using the SiGe films with nonuniform distribution of germanium.

scholarly journals Ultralow thermal conductivity from transverse acoustic phonon suppression in distorted crystalline α-MgAgSb

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiyang Li ◽  
Peng-Fei Liu ◽  
Enyue Zhao ◽  
Zhigang Zhang ◽  
Tatiana Guidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Acoustic Phonon ◽  
Transverse Acoustic

Ag9TlTe5: A high-performance thermoelectric bulk material with extremely low thermal conductivity

2005 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 061919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Kurosaki ◽  
Atsuko Kosuga ◽  
Hiroaki Muta ◽  
Masayoshi Uno ◽  
Shinsuke Yamanaka
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Bulk Material ◽  
Low Thermal Conductivity
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