Phonon engineering through crystal chemistry†

Phononics in Low-dimensions: Engineering Phonons in Nanostructures and Graphene

Phonons – quanta of crystal lattice vibrations – reveal themselves in all electrical, thermal and optical phenomena in materials. Nanostructures open exciting opportunities for tuning the phonon energy spectrum and related properties of materials for specific applications. A recent advent of graphene and quasi two-dimensional materials increased the possibilities for controlled modification of ...

Ab initio calculation of electron–phonon coupling in monoclinic β-Ga2O3 crystal

Recent Advances in Crystal Engineering from Nanoscience Views: A Brief Review

Crystal engineering has recently emerged as a method of choice for the design and construction of organic as well as metal-organic functional materials. Crystal engineering attempts to establish packing trends in whole families of compounds and seeks to establish connections between structure and function. The utility of crystal engineering has also been expanded to the nanoscience and the deve...

Theory of Nonlinear s-Polarized Phonon-Polaritons in Multilayered Structures

A theory is presented for the dispersion relations of the nonlinear phonon-polaritons arising when phonons are coupled to the electromagnetic waves in multilayered structures of nonlinear materials. The calculations are applied to a multilayered structure consisting of a thin film surrounded by semi-infinite bounding media where each layer may have a frequency dependent dielectric function and ...

Phonon and thermal properties of exfoliated TaSe2 thin films

Z. Yan, C. Jiang, T. R. Pope, C. F. Tsang, J. L. Stickney, P. Goli, J. Renteria, T. T. Salguero, and A. A. Balandin Nano-Device Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California–Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA Materials Science and Engineering Program, B...