QLS Guest Seminar - Tuesday, 29 October

[Quantitative Life Sciences]

QLS Guest Seminar - Tuesday, 29 October 11h00am

ICTP, Central Area, 2nd floor, SISSA Building, via Beirut 2

Speaker:     Ali Rajabpour - Imam Khomeini International University,
Qazvin, Iran and School of Nano-Science, IPM, Tehran, Iran

Title: Heat transfer at the nanoscale: A classical molecular dynamics
approach

Abstract: Today, thermal transport management in nanoelectronic devices
is an essential factor in their design, efficiency, and lifetime.
Moreover, thermal conductivity plays a crucial role in the figure of
merit of the thermoelectric devices. Because of fundamental aspects and
essential technological applications, nanoscale heat transport has
emerged as an interdisciplinary area of research involving condensed
matter physics, material sciences, electrical and mechanical
engineering, etc. Heat transfer at the nanoscale is substantially
different from that at the macroscale and is governed by the mean free
path of heat carriers in materials. In this presentation, I will talk
about the unusual thermal behavior of materials at the nanoscale
utilizing the classical molecular dynamics simulation approach. I'll
also show how mechanical strain, doping, functionalization, and grain
size could influence the thermal conductivity of nanostructures.
Moreover, the effects of boundaries and interfaces on the thermal
transport of nanostructures will be discussed.

Everyone interested is most welcome to attend!

-- 
Erica Sarnataro
Group Secretary
Quantitative Life Sciences
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Trieste,  Italy
Tel. +39-040-2240623
www.ictp.it/research/qls.aspx
e-mail: qls at ictp.it