Crystalline-Amorphous Interface: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Thermal Conductivity

Abstract

Effect of a crystalline-amorphous interface on heat conduction has been studied using atomistic simulations of a silicon system. System with amorphous silicon was created using the bond-switching Monte Carlo simulation method and heat conduction near room temperature was studied by molecular dynamics simulations of this system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP012206

Entities

People

  • Antti Kuronen
  • Kimmo Kaski
  • Sebastian Von Alfthan

Organizations

  • Helsinki University of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Amorphous Materials
  • Computational Science
  • Conduction (Heat Transfer)
  • Conductivity
  • Dynamics
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Materials
  • Mean Free Path
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Nanocomposites
  • Potential Energy
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.