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Phonons in Bulk and Low-Dimensional Systems

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Length-Scale Dependent Phonon Interactions

Part of the book series: Topics in Applied Physics ((TAP,volume 128))

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This review highlights selected advances of the last decade in the theory of acoustic and optical phonons in dimensionally confined structures. The basic concepts of the elastic continuum and dielectric continuum models are reviewed. Following this review, specific examples of phonon confinement in dimensionally confined structures are highlighted. These examples include: phonons in single wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs), phonons in multi wall nanotubes, graphene sheets, graphene nanoribbons, graphene quantum dots, graphite confined along the c-axis, and wurtzite structures including quantum wells and quantum dots. The review also covers a number of mechanisms underlying carrier–phonon scattering processes. Finally, this review summarizes the mode amplitudes for a variety of nanostructures.

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The authors are grateful to AFOSR for supporting portions of the original research reported in this review. One author (Z. P. Wang) wishes to acknowledge CSC for supporting his visit to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Zhiping Wang, Mitra Dutta & Michael A. Stroscio

  2. Department of Physics, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, 010021, China

    Zhiping Wang

  3. Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, OH, 45433, USA

    Kitt Reinhardt

  4. Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Mitra Dutta & Michael A. Stroscio

  5. Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Michael A. Stroscio

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Wang, Z., Reinhardt, K., Dutta, M., Stroscio, M.A. (2014). Phonons in Bulk and Low-Dimensional Systems. In: Shindé, S., Srivastava, G. (eds) Length-Scale Dependent Phonon Interactions. Topics in Applied Physics, vol 128. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8651-0_2

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