MULTISCALE SIMULATIONS OF THERMAL TRANSPORT IN GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS AND ACROSS METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES

The rapid advance in modern electronics and photonics is pushing device design to the micro- and nano-scale, and the resulting high power density imposes immense challenges to thermal management. When device size shrinks to the same order of or even below the wavelength or mean-free-path of heat carriers, the transport of heat carriers and the interaction between them will differ from those in the macroscopic regime. This imposes challenges on designing micro/nano-devices with required thermal performance, while, at the same time, also opens the door for designing novel materials and structures with promising thermal properties.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Year

2016

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Yan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Xiulin Ruan
• Alejandro Strachan
• Mark S Lundstrom
• Timothy S Fisher

• Electron
• Graphene
• Heat
• Multiscale Simulation
• Phonon
• Thermal Transport

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/1399

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-2615