Control of heat conduction by periodicity tuning

Bambi Hu; Lei Yang

doi:10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.017

Control of heat conduction by periodicity tuning

Bambi Hu^*, Lei Yang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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We show a highly efficient method to control heat conduction by tuning the periodicity of the external potential. This method provides a possible design of a controlled thermal conductor which can change from a thermal conductor to a thermal insulator. The efficiency of the controlled thermal conductor can be greater than 10⁵. Moreover, tuning the periodicity of the external potential may be more manageable than tuning its strength in practical applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	272-278
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume	372
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.017
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2006

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Frenkel-Kontorova (FK) model
Heat conduction
Thermal controlled conductor

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