Effect of substrate on thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes

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Published 9 November 2009 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation A. V. Savin et al 2009 EPL 88 26004 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/88/26004

0295-5075/88/2/26004

Abstract

We analyze numerically the thermal conductivity of single-walled carbon nanotubes placed on a flat rigid substrate. We demonstrate that the character of thermal conductivity depends crucially on the interaction between the nanotube and the substrate. In particular, we reveal that unlike the well-established anomalous thermal conductivity of isolated carbon nanotubes, the nanotube placed on a substrate demonstrates normal thermal conductivity due to the appearance of a narrow gap in the frequency spectrum of acoustic phonons.

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10.1209/0295-5075/88/26004