Strain effect on lattice vibration, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity of graphene
Abstract
First-principle calculation based on density functional theory is performed to study the lattice vibration, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity of graphene under strain. Two degenerate optical branches in the phonon dispersion curves split near the G points due to the reduced crystal symmetry, and the frequencies of the optical phonon modes shift down thus inducing more phonon modes at a given temperature. The heat capacity is increased, but the thermal conductivity is reduced because of enhanced Umklapp scattering among more phonons. This phenomenon should be considered when determining the heat management of graphene-based devices.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.4752010
- Bibcode:
- 2012ApPhL.101k1904M
- Keywords:
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- ab initio calculations;
- crystal symmetry;
- deformation;
- density functional theory;
- graphene;
- phonon dispersion relations;
- specific heat;
- thermal conductivity;
- 65.40.Ba;
- 72.80.Vp;
- 81.40.Lm;
- 62.20.F-;
- 63.22.Rc;
- 66.70.Lm;
- Heat capacity;
- Deformation plasticity and creep;
- Deformation and plasticity;
- Other systems such as ionic crystals molecular crystals nanotubes etc.