Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2008-03-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
Scientific paper
Thermal transistor is an efficient heat control device which can act as a heat switch as well as a heat modulator. In this paper, we study systematically one-dimensional and two-dimensional thermal transistors. In particular, we show how to improve significantly the efficiency of the one-dimensional thermal transistor. The study is also extended to the design of two-dimensional thermal transistor by coupling different anharmonic lattices such as the Frenkel-Kontorova and the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices. Analogy between anharmonic lattices and single-walled carbon nanotube is drawn and possible experimental realization with multi-walled nanotube is suggested.
Li Baowen
Lo Wei Chung
Wang Lei
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