Abstract
The thermal conductivity of GeTe crystalline nanowires has been computed by means of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations employing a machine learning interatomic potential. This material is of interest for application in phase change non-volatile memories. The resulting lattice thermal conductivity of an ultrathin nanowire (7.3 nm diameter) of 1.57 W m−1 K−1 is sizably lower than the corresponding bulk value of 3.15 W m−1 K−1 obtained within the same framework. The analysis of the phonon dispersion relations and lifetimes reveals that the lower thermal conductivity in the nanowire is mostly due to a reduction in the phonon group velocities. We further predict the presence of a minimum in the lattice thermal conductivity for thicker nanowires.
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