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Journal of Experimental and Theoretical NANOTECHNOLOGY

About the Journal :

Experimental and Theoretical NANOTECHNOLOGY (ETN) abbreviated as Exp. Theo. NANOTECHNOLOGY is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed and open access journal. It includes specialized research papers, short communications, reviews and selected conference papers in special issues on the characterization, synthesis, processing, structure and properties of different principles and applications of nanotechnology with focus on advantageous achievements and applications for the specialists in engineering, chemistry, physics, materials science and medicine. ETN covers and publishes all aspects of fundamental and applied researches of experimental and theoretical nanoscale technology dealing with materials synthesis, processing, nanofabrication, nanoprobes, spectroscopy, properties, biological systems, nanostructures, nanoelectronics, nano-optics, nano-mechanics, nanodevices, nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, nanotoxicology within the scope of the journal. ETN aims to acquire the recent and outstanding researches for the benefit of the human being.



MODIFIED CALLAWAY MODEL CALCULATIONS FOR LATTICE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF A 20 NM DIAMETER SILICON NANOWIRE


The modified Callaway model is used to calculate Lattice Thermal Conductivity (LTC) for (20-nm) silicon nanowires diameter in the temperature range from 2K to 800K. Acoustic phonon mode and group velocity in the calculations are modified by spatial confinement of phonons with that of the boundary effects. All-important scattering rates such as Umklapp, Mass difference, Resonance, and Boundary are calculated at room temperature. Room temperature LTC for this diameter is about only 10.23% of its bulk value. Numerical evaluation is also investigated and the results are compared to that of the reported experimental as well as theoretical data.

Keywords: Silicon nanowires; Thermal conductivity; Spatial confinement; Phonon scattering.