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Introduction and Preliminaries | Studying Macroscopic Energy Equation and Role of Microscale (Atomic-level) Heat Carriers. Previewing scope of Heat Transfer Physics | ![]() |
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Molecular Orbitals-Potentials-Dynamics, and Quantum Energy States | Studying Interatomic Forces, Potentials and Models; Ab Initio Interatomic Potential Calculations and Models | ![]() |
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Computational Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation and Scales; Schrodinger Equation | Reviewing Quantumn Mechanics; understanding the concept of Schrodinger Equation | ![]() |
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Carrier Energy Transport and Transformation Theories | Introducing Boltzmann transport equation with probability concept, derivation, scattering and relaxation. Understanding of particle and energy interaction with Fermi Golden Rule and Maxwell equation. | ![]() |
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Onsager Transport Coefficients and Stochastic Transport Process (Langevin Equation) | Defining the transport coupling and the coupling coefficient; Understanding Langevin equation and Brownian motion | ![]() |
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Green-Kubo (G-K) Autocorrelation Decay and Lattice Thermal Conductivity | Introducing Green-Kubo auto-correlation for thermal conductivity and related journal articles. | ![]() |
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Phonon thermal conductivity | Defining Phonon and dispersion in harmonic lattice vibration | ![]() |
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Phonon Recycling: Direct Use of Atomic Motion | Discussion on transferring and harvesting atomic motions prior to becoming heat, efficiency gained from phonon recycling, and future potentials of it | ![]() |
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Phonon thermal conductivity | Review on the Phonon; Learning the Phonon Density State, Reciprocal Lattice Space; Finding Phonon heat capacity | ![]() |
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Phonon Thermal Conductivity | Studying Phonon Conductivity | ![]() |
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Phonon BTE and Callaway Lattice Conductivity Model | Phonon BTE, Callaway model and Review on the phonon conductivity | ![]() |
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Case study | Case study on Appendix C Case study MD/G-K Phonon. Studying Electron size effect | ![]() |
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Electron band structure | Basic knowledge about electron energy states and band structures. | ![]() |
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Electron band structure and Electron-hole density of states. | Electron band structure in 3-D with tight binding approximation. Electron conduction analysis in metal and semiconductors. | ![]() |
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Electron-hole density of states, Specific heat capacity, Electron BTE | Understanding on density, specific heat capacity of conduction electron. Introduction of thermoeletric force. | ![]() |
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Electron-phonon relaxation time, Thermoelectricity | Electron-phonon relaxation time & summary of all relaxation time. Thermoelectric properties with temperature change in metal and semi-conductor. Difference between electron temperature and phonon temperature. Case study 2 with micro thermoelectric cooler. | ![]() |
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Fluid particle quantumn energy states and Partition function, Specific heat capacity of fluid particle | 5 energy type of fluid particle, Partition function for various energy, Ideal gas specific heat capacity, dense fluid specific heat capacity with van der Waals Model | ![]() |