Our latest paper “Anisotropic thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of phagraphene: A molecular dynamics study” has been accepted for publication in RSC Advances.
In this work we calculate thermal conductivity, phonon mean free path, elastic modulus and mechanical strength of a novel 2D carbon allotrope named phagraphene, which contains pentagonal, hexagonal and heptagonal carbon rings. We show that the thermal conductivity of phagraphene is anisotropic and one order of magnitude smaller than that of graphene, but its elastic modulus is only about 15% smaller.
It is another product of our fruitful collaboration with Dr. Bohayra Mortazavi and Prof. Timon Rabczuk of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.
This is also my first paper as first author in a chemistry journal. Can I call myself a chemical physicist now?
The paper is available here.