Thermal Transport in Low Dimensions: From Statistical Physics to Nanoscale Heat Transfer 1st ed. 2016 [Pehme köide]

Understandingnon-equilibrium properties of classical and quantum many-particle systems is oneof the goals of contemporary statistical mechanics. Besides its own interestfor the theoretical foundations of irreversible thermodynamics(e.g. of the Fourier"s law of heat conduction), this topic is also relevant to developinnovative ideas for nanoscale thermal management with possible future applicationsto nanotechnologies and effective energetic resources.The first part of thevolume (Chapters 1-6) describes the basic models, the phenomenology and thevarious theoretical approaches to understand heat transport in low-dimensionallattices (1D e 2D). The methods described will include equilibrium and nonequilibriummolecular dynamics simulations, hydrodynamic and kinetic approaches and thesolution of stochastic models.The second part(Chapters 7-10) deals with applications to nano and microscale heat transfer,as for instance phononic transport in carbon-based nanomaterials, inc

luding theprominent case of nanotubes and graphene. Possible future developments onheat flow control and thermoelectric energy conversion will be outlined.This volume aims atbeing the first step for graduate students and researchers entering the fieldas well as a reference for the community of scientists that, from differentbackgrounds (theoretical physics, mathematics, material sciences andengineering), has grown in the recent years around those themes.

Heat transport in low dimensions:introduction and phenomenology.- Heat transport in harmonic systems.-Fluctuating hydrodynamics approach to equilibrium time correlations foranharmonic chains.- Kinetic theory of phonons in weakly anharmonic particlechains.- Thermal conductivity in harmonic lattices with random collisions.-Simulation of heat transport in low-dimensional oscillator lattices.-Simulation of dimensionality effects in thermal transport.- ExperimentalProbing of Non_Fourier ThermalConductors.- Thermal Transport in Graphene, Few-Layer Graphene and GrapheneNanoribbons.- From thermal rectifiers to thermoelectric devices.