%0 Journal Article
%A Ravi S Prasher
%B Appl. Phys. Lett.
%D 2006
%G eng
%I American Institute of Physics
%P 063121
%R 10.1063/1.2336720
%T Thermal conductivity of tubular and core/shell nanowires
%V 89
%X <p>Analytical solution of the Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) for phonon transport in tubular and core-shell nanowire is obtained. Thermal conductivity calculated from the analytical solution of BTE is in excellent agreement with a recently reported numerical model [R. Yang et al., Nano Lett. 5, 1111 (2005)]. Results show that thermal conductivity of tubular and core-shell nanowire can be significantly smaller than the bulk thermal conductivity.</p>