PhD Thesis Defense by Juan Antonio Seijas on 3 Oct at 11 am
The PhD Researcher Juan Antonio Seijas Bellido from the Theory and Simulation Group at ICMAB will defend his PhD thesis on Thursday, 3 October 2019, at 11 am at the ICMAB
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26 September 2019
Computational studies of thermal transport in functional oxides
by Juan Antonio Seijas Bellido, Theory and Simulation Group at ICMAB-CSIC
Date: Thursday, 3 October 2019 Time: 11 am Venue: ICMAB - Sala d'Actes Carles Miravitlles
Abstract:
In this thesis we have presented two different methods to distort the crystal lattice of different oxides, which are applying an external electric field and strain. We do that to modify the phonon bands of the material and modulate their thermal conductivity. This allow us to overcome the difficulty of modifying the behaviour of phonons due to their lack of mass and net charge. We have performed theoretical studies using two different simulations techniques: solving the Boltzmann Transport Equation and performing Molecular Dynamics simulations.
Many interesting results have been obtained for the first time, like que quantification of the thermal boundary resistance of a domain wall in the PTO or the effect of the uniaxial strain in the thermal properties of the ZnO. All of this have been achieved going into the detail in the phonon properties of the materials, providing explanation for the facts at a very fundamental level.
Supervisors:
Riccardo Rurali, ICMAB-CSIC
Jorge Íñiguez, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
PhD Committee:
President: Miguel Rubí, UB, Spain
Secretary: Alejandro Goñi, ICMAB-CSIC, Spain
Vocal: Marty Gregg, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
