Zhou H, Zhang G, Wang JS, Zhang YW. Phonon transport in a one-dimensional harmonic chain with long-range interaction and mass disorder.
Phys Rev E 2016;
94:052123. [PMID:
27967065 DOI:
10.1103/physreve.94.052123]
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Abstract
Atomic mass and interatomic interaction are the two key quantities that significantly affect the heat conduction carried by phonons. Here, we study the effects of long-range (LR) interatomic interaction and mass disorder on the phonon transport in a one-dimensional harmonic chain with up to 10^{5} atoms. We find that while LR interaction reduces the transmission of low-frequency phonons, it enhances the transmission of high-frequency phonons by suppressing the localization effects caused by mass disorder. Therefore, LR interaction is able to boost heat conductance in the high-temperature regime or in the large size regime, where the high-frequency modes are important.
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