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Introduction and Preliminaries |
Macroscopic Energy Equation and Role of Microscale (Atomic-Level) Heat Carriers: Electron, Phonon, Fluid Particle, and Photon; Atomic-level Energy Kinetics: Length, Time, and Energy Scales; Scope of Heat Transfer Physics |
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Molecular Orbitals-Potentials-Dynamics, and Quantum Energy States |
Interatomic Forces, Potentials and Models; Ab Initio Interatomic Potential Calculations and Models |
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Molecular Orbitals-Potentials-Dynamics, and Quantum Energy States |
Statistical Ensembles, Energies, Temperature, and Partition Function; Hamiltonian Mechanics, Computational Classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation and Scales |
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Carrier Energy Transporat and Transition Theories |
Boltzmann Transport Equation (BTE); In- and Out-Scattering |
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Carrier Energy Transporat and Transition Theories |
Relaxation Time Approximation; Evaluation of Scattering and Energy Interaction Rates, Fermi Golden Rule |
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Carrier Energy Transporat and Transition Theories |
Maxwell Equations; Onsager Transport Coefficients |
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Carrier Energy Transporat and Transition Theories |
Stochastic Transport Processes (Langevin Equation); Green-Kubo (G-K) Autocorrelation Decay and Lattice Thermal Conductivity |
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Phonon |
Dispersion in Harmonic Lattice Vibration (Acoustic and Optical Phonons); Phonon Density of States |
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Phonon |
Reciprocal Lattice Space and Brillouin Zones; Lattice Specific Heat Capacity |
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Phonon |
Phonon BTE and Callaway Lattice Conductivity Model (Single-Mode Relaxation Time); Phonon Scattering Relaxation Times; |
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Phonon |
Cahill-Pohl Minimum Lattice Conductivity; Material Metrics of Lattice Conductivity (Slack Relation), Phonon Boundary Resistance; Ultrasound Heating; Size Effects |
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Electron |
Model Band Structures and Effective Electron Mass in Semiconductors; Periodic Electron Gas Model for Metals; Electron Density of States for Semiconductors and Fermi Level; Electron Specific Heat Capacity |
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Electron |
Electron BTE for Semiconductors; Energy-Dependent and Average Relaxation Time; Semiconductor and Metal TE Transport Coefficients (Electrical Conductivity, Seebeck Coefficient, Peltier Coefficient, Electric Thermal Conductivity, and Wiedemann-Franz law) |
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Electron |
Electron Scattering by Phonons; Electron-Phonon Thermal Nonequilibrium and Cooling Length; Size Effects |
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Fluid Particle |
Ab Initio Calculations of Quantum States, Quantum Fluid Particle Electronic, Translational, Vibrational, and Rotational Energy States and Partition Functions; Fluid Particle Specific Heat Capacity (Ideal Gas and Dense Fluid) |
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Fluid Particle |
Fluid Particle BTE; Equilibrium Energy Distribution Function; Binary Collision Rate; Relaxation Time and Mean Free Path; Theoretical Maximum Evaporation/Condensation Heat Transfer Rate |
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Fluid Particle |
Planck Distribution for Photon Gas (Blackbody Radiation); Lasers and Narrow Band Emission |
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Photon |
Population Rate Equation for Photon Absorption and Stimulated and Spontaneous Emissions in Two-Level Electronic Systems; Einstein Coefficients, Absorption Coefficient and Cross-Section Area |
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Photon |
Photon Particle Treatment and BTE with Absorption, Emission, and Scattering Cross-Section Areas; Radiation Intensity and Equation of Radiative Transfer (ERT) and its Relation with Macroscopic Energy Equation; Optically Thick Limit of ERT and Radiant Thermal Conductivity; Wave (Coherent) Treatment of Photon (Photon Localization) |
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Photon |
Emission and Surface Emissivity; Radiative and Nonradiative (Involving Phonon Emission) Decays and Quantum Efficiency; Anti-Stokes Fluorescence (Phonon Absorption) and Photon-Electron-Phonon Couplings (Laser Cooling of Solids); Gas Lasers and Laser Cooling of Atomic and Molecular Gases; Photovoltaic Solar Cell; Size Effects |
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