An atomistic model for the thermal resistance of a liquid-solid interface

NG Hadjiconstantinou and MM Swisher, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 934, R2 (2022).

DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2021.1136

The thermal resistance associated with the interface between a solid and a liquid is analysed from an atomistic point of view. Partial evaluation of the associated Green-Kubo integral elucidates the various factors governing heat transport across the interface and leads to a quantitative model for the thermal resistance in terms of atomistic- level system parameters. The model is validated using molecular dynamics simulations.

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