Nanostructure Thermal Conductivity Modeling Efforts from Ages Past

Dr. Natalio Mingo played pivotal roles in guiding thermal transport research communities at large and in the seeding and development of my career. Here I will highlight some of our shared research experiences, particularly related to thermal conductivity modeling in nanostructures. Topics include our adventures understanding the roles of symmetries in graphitic materials, surface scattering in nanowires, and other numerical efforts in the early days of ShengBTE. I will also briefly highlight how Natalio inspired our phonon-defect scattering calculations via Green’s function methods for improved comparisons with thermal transport measurements.

L.L. acknowledges support from the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division.

This presentation is in memory of Dr. Natalio Mingo. A 15 minute time slot would be best.