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Title: Heat conduction through a trapped solid: the effect of structural changes on the thermal conductance
Authors: Chaudhuri, Debasish
Chaudhuri, Abhishek
Sengupta, Surajit
Issue Date: Mar-2007
Publisher: Instititute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
Citation: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2007, Vol.19, p152201
Abstract: We study the conduction of heat across a narrow solid strip trapped by an external potential and in contact with its own liquid. Structural changes, consisting of addition and deletion of crystal layers in the trapped solid, are produced by altering the depth of the confining potential. Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations and, wherever possible, simple analytical calculations are used to obtain the thermal resistance in the liquid, solid and interfacial regions (Kapitza or contact resistance). We show that these layering transitions are accompanied by sharp jumps in the contact thermal resistance. Dislocations, if present, are shown to increase the thermal resistance of the strip drastically.
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2289/3670
ISSN: 0953-8984 (Print)
1361-648X (Online)
Alternative Location: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0611365
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/19/15/152201
Copyright: 2007 Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd.
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