(34g) Thermal Transport at the Solid-Fluid Boundaries of Silicon Nano-Membranes/wafers
AIChE Annual Meeting
2008
2008 Annual Meeting
Engineering Sciences and Fundamentals
Fundamental Research In Transport Processes I
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 10:36am to 10:57am
Molecular simulations using the method of molecular dynamics have been carried out to examine heat transfer from the surface of a heated silicon nano-membrane/wafer. Our results and analysis of the interfacial resistance to heat transfer at the surface-fluid boundary has provided insight into the thermal Kapitza resistance RK. We have found that (1) increasing the fluid pressure, and (2) making the interface more hydrophilic lowers RK, which implies better acoustic matching. Overall, RK also decreases with increasing temperature.