Study on interfacial thermal resistance between single wall carbon nanotubes and nickel by molecular dynamics

Abstract

The interfacial thermal resistance of the nanocontact system of carbon nanotubes and nickel crystals was investigated using molecular dynamics. It was found that with the increase in temperature, the interface thermal resistance gradually increased. In addition, the interfacial thermal resistance also increases gradually with the increase of the contact distance. The ballistic transport of phonons is proposed to be the main reason for the interfacial thermal resistance in this case.