Thermal transistor: Heat flux switching and modulating

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dc.creatorLo, Wei Chung
dc.creatorWang, Lei
dc.creatorLi, Baowen
dc.date2008-03-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:27:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:27:38Z
dc.descriptionThermal transistor is an efficient heat control device which can act as a heat switch as well as a heat modulator. In this paper, we study systematically one-dimensional and two-dimensional thermal transistors. In particular, we show how to improve significantly the efficiency of the one-dimensional thermal transistor. The study is also extended to the design of two-dimensional thermal transistor by coupling different anharmonic lattices such as the Frenkel-Kontorova and the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattices. Analogy between anharmonic lattices and single-walled carbon nanotube is drawn and possible experimental realization with multi-walled nanotube is suggested.
dc.descriptionTo appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2942
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2942
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/157171
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.titleThermal transistor: Heat flux switching and modulating
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