Recent publications

2009

  • S. Wang and N. Mingo, Appl. Phys. Lett., accepted (2009).
    Improved thermoelectric properties of Mg 2 Si x Ge y Sn 1-x-y nanoparticle-in-alloy materials

  • J. S. Heron, T. Fournier, N. Mingo, and O. Bourgeois, Nano Lett. (2009). DOI: 10.1021/nl803844j
    Mesoscopic Size Effects on the Thermal Conductance of Silicon Nanowire

  • Y. Chalopin, S. Volz, and N. Mingo, J. Appl. Phys. 105, 084301 (2009).
    Upper bound to the thermal conductivity of carbon nanotube pellets.

  • R. S. Prasher, X.J. Hu, Y. Chalopin, N. Mingo, K. Lofgreen, S. Volz, L. F. Cleri, and P. Keblinski, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 105901 (2009).
    Turning carbon nanotubes from exceptional heat conductors into insulators.

  • N. Mingo, D. Hauser, N. P. Kobayashi, M. Plissonnier, and A. Shakouri, Nano Lett. 9, 711 (2009).
    The nanoparticle in alloy approach to efficient thermoelectrics: silicides in SiGe.

  • S. Wang and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B, 79, 115316 (2009).
    Effects of interface roughness and superlattice period length on thermoelectric electron filtering.

  • D. A. Stewart, I. Savic, and N. Mingo, Nano Lett., 9, 81 (2009).
    First-Principles Calculation of the Magnitude of the Isotope Effect on Boron Nitride Nanotube Thermal Conductivity.

    • 2008

  • I. Savic, D. A. Stewart, and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B, 78 235434 (2008).
    Thermal conduction mechanisms in boron nitride nanotubes: few-shell or all-shell?

  • I. Savic, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 165502 (2008).
    Phonon transport in isotope-disordered carbon and boron-nitride nanotubes: is localization observable?

  • N. Mingo, D. A. Stewart, D. A. Broido, and D. Srivastava, Phys. Rev. B 77, 033418 (2008).
    Phonon transmission through defects in carbon nanotubes from first principles.

    • 2007

  • D. A. Broido, M. Malorny, G. Birner, Natalio Mingo, D. A. Stewart, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 231922 (2007).
    Intrinsic lattice thermal conductivity of semiconductors from first principles.

  • S. De Franceschi and N. Mingo, Nature Nanotechnology 2, 538 (2007).
    Cooling electrons one by one.

  • W. Zhang, N. Mingo, and T. S. Fisher, Phys. Rev. B, 76, 195429 (2007).
    Simulation of phonon transport across a non-polar nanowire junction using an atomistic Green's function method.

  • N. Mingo and D. A. Broido, J. Appl. Phys., 101, 014322 (2007).
    Thermoelectric power factor of nano-porous semiconductors.

  • J. H. Seol, A. L. Moore, S. K. Saha, F. Zhou, L. Shi, Q. Ye, R. Scheffler, N. Mingo, and T. Yamada, J. Appl. Phys. 101, 023706 (2007).
    Measurement and analysis of thermopower and electrical conductivity of an indium antimonide nanowire from a vapor-liquid-solid method.

  • W. Zhang, N. Mingo, and T. S. Fisher, Numerical Heat Transfer, 51, 333 (2007).
    The Atomistic Green’s Function Method: An Efficient Simulation Approach for Nanoscale Phonon Transport.

  • W. Zhang, N. Mingo, and T. S. Fisher, Journal of Heat Transfer, 129, 483, (2007).
    Simulation of interfacial phonon transport in Si-Ge heterostructures using an atomistic Green’s function method.

    • Technology, Creativity, Innovation

    In 2008-2009 the theory group has filed 3 patent applications. We actively engage with research and development groups around the world, putting science into practical use.

    Outreach

    We are active in organizing courses and workshops destined to increase communication amongst researchers in the field, and to train new generations of scientists. Some recently organized activities include:

    • workshop on “Thermoelectric transport: progress on ab-initio and other approaches, and the interplay with experiment”, CECAM, Lausanne, July 2009.

    • symposium on first principles methods in nanoscale transport, JMC11, Strasbourg 2008

    • course “Thermal and thermoelectric transport in nanostructured materials”, by N. Mingo, UC Santa Cruz, Fall 2008

    • spring school on “Thermics of Nanomaterials and Nanosystems” (scientific committee), Cargèse, France, 2008.

    • “GDR nanothermique” meeting for French groups working on nanoscale thermal transport, with 30 participants, Grenoble, March 2008.

    • course: “Nanoscale thermal and thermoelectric transport”, by N. Mingo, UC Santa Cruz, Fall 2007.

    • course: “Energy transport at the nanoscale”, by N. Mingo, CEA-Grenoble, October 2007.