[KNIHA][B] Glassy materials and disordered solids: An introduction to their statistical mechanics

K Binder, W Kob - 2011 - books.google.com
This book gives a pedagogical introduction to the physics of amorphous solids and related
disordered condensed matter systems. Important concepts from statistical mechanics such …

Phonon interpretation of the 'boson peak'in supercooled liquids

TS Grigera, V Martín-Mayor, G Parisi, P Verrocchio - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Glasses, are amorphous solids, in the sense that they display elastic behaviour. In
crystalline solids, elasticity is associated with phonons, which are quantized vibrational …

On the rigidity of amorphous solids

M Wyart - ar** of the acoustic excitations in vitreous silica is measured at
terahertz frequencies using inelastic x-ray scattering. The apparent sound velocity shows a …

The origin of the boson peak and thermal conductivity plateau in low-temperature glasses

V Lubchenko, PG Wolynes - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2003 - pnas.org
We argue that the intrinsic glassy degrees of freedom in amorphous solids giving rise to the
thermal conductivity plateau and the “boson peak” in the heat capacity at moderately low …

High Thermoelectric Performance in the Wide Band‐Gap AgGa1‐xTe2 Compounds: Directional Negative Thermal Expansion and Intrinsically Low Thermal …

X Su, N Zhao, S Hao, CC Stoumpos… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A deficiency of Ga in wide band‐gap AgGa1‐xTe2 semiconductors (1.2 eV) can be used to
optimize the electrical transport properties and reduce the thermal conductivity to achieve …

Two-Dimensional-Like Phonons in Three-Dimensional-Structured Rhombohedral GeSe-Based Compounds with Excellent Thermoelectric Performance

J Cui, C **e, W Hu, H Luo, Q Mei, S Li… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The coupling of charge and phonon transport in solids is a long-standing issue for
thermoelectric performance enhancement. Herein, two new narrow-gap semiconductors …

Scaling of phononic transport with connectivity in amorphous solids

M Wyart - Europhysics Letters, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The effect of coordination on transport is investigated theoretically using random networks of
springs as model systems. An effective medium approximation is made to compute the …

Strong acoustic-optical phonon coupling in high-performance thermoelectric material Bi0. 5Sb1. 5Te3

FX Bai, H Yu, D Peng, HJ Pang, L Yu, LC Chen… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the origin of intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity in crystalline solids is
essential for the optimization of thermoelectric properties. Here, we investigate the phonon …