Following the emergence of many novel two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene,
interest has grown in exploring implications for fundamental physics and practical …

The strain-dependent phonon properties and thermal conductivities of a soft system
[Lennard-Jones (LJ) argon] and a stiff system (silicon modeled using first-principles …

Graphene is an outstanding material with ultrahigh thermal conductivity. Its thermal transfer
properties under various strains are studied by reverse nonequilibrium molecular dynamics …

Applying stress/strain on a material provides a mechanism to tune the thermal conductivity of
materials dynamically or on demand. Experimental and simulation results have shown that …

Strain engineering is one of the most promising and effective routes toward continuously
tuning the electronic and optic properties of materials, while thermal properties are generally …

Monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a new two-dimensional material beyond
graphene, has attracted tremendous attention recently. Its applications in nanoelectronic …

Silicene—the silicon counterpart of graphene—has a two-dimensional structure that leads to
a host of interesting physical and chemical properties of significant utility. We report here an …

Despite the ever-increasing interest in multiscale porous materials, the chemophysical origin
of their thermal properties at the nanoscale and its connection to the macroscale properties …

We have investigated the possible mechanisms of phonon scattering by nanostructures and
defects in PbTe-X (X= 2% Sb, Bi, or Pb) thermoelectric materials systems. We find that …

As a new two-dimensional (2D) material, phosphorene has drawn growing attention owing
to its novel electronic properties, such as layer-dependent direct bandgaps and high carrier …