Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7058960 | International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A molecular dynamics simulation is created to predict the thermal conductivity of a (7,7) single wall carbon nanotube filled with a copper nanowire for lengths ranging from 9.957Â nm to 63.091Â nm. In the simulations, a temperature difference is created using Nose-Hoover thermostats at the two ends with 320Â K and 280Â K. The thermal conductivity of the carbon nanotube-copper nanowire nanostructure is calculated to be 24% higher than that of a corresponding pure single wall carbon nanotube and estimated to be 40% lower than that of a pure copper nanowire.
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Authors
K. Toprak, Y. Bayazitoglu,