Atomistic-meso scale interfacial resistance based thermal analysis of carbon nanotube systems Academic Article

abstract

• This paper estimates the effect of chemical additives like CuO on the interfacial thermal resistance of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) embedded in water. The investigation of thermal properties of CNT nanostructure is carried out using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The nanotube was heated to a prescribed temperature, followed by the relaxation of the entire configuration. In the equilibration simulations, the atoms in the nanotube are heated instantaneously to 500, 750 and 1000 K in 3 separate simulations by rescaling the velocities of carbon atoms in the nanotube. This paper also deals with the mesoscale thermo-conductivity properties of the composite system, by employing various effective medium theories and micromechanical methods. 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

authors

• Banerjee, Debjyoti
• Reddy, Junuthula

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES

author list (cited authors)

• Unnikrishnan, V. U., Banerjee, D., & Reddy, J. N.

citation count

• 26

complete list of authors

• Unnikrishnan, VU||Banerjee, D||Reddy, JN

publication date

• December 2008

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• International Journal of Thermal Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Carbon Nanotube
• Effective Medium Theories
• Interfacial Thermal Resistance
• Molecular Dynamics
• Thermal Conductivity
• Universal Force Field Potential

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.10.012

start page

• 1602

end page

• 1609

volume

• 47

issue

• 12

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2007.10.012