Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2008-10-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
We present a study of the phononic thermal conductivity of isotopically disordered carbon nanotubes. In particular, the behavior of the thermal conductivity as a function of the system length is investigated, using Green's function techniques to compute the transmission across the system. The method is implemented using linear scaling algorithms, which allows us to reach systems of lengths up to $L=2.5\mu$m (with up to 400,000 atoms). As for 1D systems, it is observed that the conductivity diverges with the system size $L$. We also observe a dramatic decrease of the thermal conductance for systems of experimental sizes (roughly 80% at room temperature for $L = 2.5$ $\mu$m), when a large fraction of isotopic disorder is introduced. The results obtained with Green's function techniques are compared to results obtained with a Boltzmann description of thermal transport. There is a good agreement between both approaches for systems of experimental sizes, even in presence of Anderson localization. This is particularly interesting since the computation of the transmission using Boltzmann's equation is much less computationally expensive, so that larger systems may be studied with this method.
Lazzeri Michele
Mauri Francesco
Stoltz Gabriel
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