@article{31736,
  author = {Ravi S Prasher},
  title = {Thermal boundary resistance and thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes},
  abstract = {<p><span>Thermal boundary resistance (Kapitza resistance) and thermal conductivity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are calculated assuming the properties of graphite in the temperature range of\&nbsp;</span><span class="aps-inline-formula"><span id="MathJax-Element-1-Frame" class="mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML"><span id="MJXc-Node-1" class="mjx-math"><span id="MJXc-Node-2" class="mjx-mrow"><span id="MJXc-Node-3" class="mjx-mrow"><span id="MJXc-Node-4" class="mjx-mn"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">10</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-5" class="mjx-mo"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">{\textendash}</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-6" class="mjx-mn MJXc-space1"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">100</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-8" class="mjx-mi"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">K</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>. By including the thermal boundary resistance between the MWCNT and the measuring device, calculated thermal conductivity of MWCNT is in very good agreement with the experimental data of Kim\&nbsp;</span><em>et al.</em><span>\&nbsp;[</span><span>Phys. Rev. Lett.</span><span>\&nbsp;</span><span>87</span><span>, 215502 (2001)], showing that the thermal behavior of MWCNTs is similar to graphite. Thermal conductivity of MWCNT as measured by Kim\&nbsp;</span><em>et al.</em><span>\&nbsp;is smaller than the thermal conductivity of graphite fibers and pyrolytic graphite at low temperatures due to thermal boundary resistance. The intrinsic mean free path of phonons in MWCNTs in the temperature range of\&nbsp;</span><span class="aps-inline-formula"><span id="MathJax-Element-2-Frame" class="mjx-chtml MathJax_CHTML"><span id="MJXc-Node-9" class="mjx-math"><span id="MJXc-Node-10" class="mjx-mrow"><span id="MJXc-Node-11" class="mjx-mrow"><span id="MJXc-Node-12" class="mjx-mn"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">10</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-13" class="mjx-mo"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">{\textendash}</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-14" class="mjx-mn MJXc-space1"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">100</span></span><span id="MJXc-Node-16" class="mjx-mi"><span class="mjx-char MJXc-TeX-main-R">K</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span>\&nbsp;is found to be similar to the mean free path in graphite fibers. Finally, it is shown that the thermal boundary resistance could be one of the main reasons that the thermal conductivity of MWCNT bundles as measured by Kim\&nbsp;</span><em>et al.</em><span>\&nbsp;is lower than the thermal conductivity of a single MWCNT.</span></p>},
  year = {2008},
  booktitle = {Physical Review B},
  journal = {Physical Review B},
  series = {Physical Review B},
  volume = {77},
  month = {01/2008},
  issn = {1098-0121},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075424},
  language = {eng},
}