Chinese Physics B, Volume. 29, Issue 8, (2020)

Scaling behavior of thermal conductivity in single-crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanowires

Qilang Wang1, Yunyu Chen2, Adili Aiyiti1, Minrui Zheng3, Nianbei Li4、†, and Xiangfan Xu1
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  • 1Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Center for Nanophononics, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
  • 2The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 35000, China
  • 3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive , Singapore11758
  • 4Institute of Systems Science and Department of Physics, College of Information Science and Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China
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    Unveiling the thermal transport properties of various one-dimensional (1D) or quasi-1D materials like nanowires, nanotubes, and nanorods is of great importance both theoretically and experimentally. The dimension or size dependence of thermal conductivity is crucial in understanding the phonon–phonon interaction in the low-dimensional systems. In this paper, we experimentally investigate the size-dependent thermal conductivity of individual single crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanowires collaborating the suspended thermal bridge method and the focused electron-beam self-heating technique, with the sample diameter (d) ranging from 180 nm to 661 nm and length (L) changing from 4.84 μm to 20.73 μm. An empirical relationship for diameter-/length-dependent thermal conductivity is obtained, which shows an approximately linear dependence on the aspect ratio (L/(1 + Cd)) at T = 300 K, where C is a fitting parameter. This is related to the boundary scattering and diameter effect of α-Fe2O3 nanowires although rigorous calculations are needed to confirm the result.

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    Qilang Wang, Yunyu Chen, Adili Aiyiti, Minrui Zheng, Nianbei Li, Xiangfan Xu. Scaling behavior of thermal conductivity in single-crystalline α-Fe2O3 nanowires[J]. Chinese Physics B, 2020, 29(8):

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    Received: Mar. 25, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 29, 2021

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    DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/ab90f0

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