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http://dx.doi.org/10.7734/COSEIK.2019.32.2.103

Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the Thermal Boundary Resistance of a Thin-film and Experimental Validation  

Suk, Myung Eun (Division of Mechanical, Automotive, and Robot Components Engineering, Dong-eui Univ.)
Kim, Yun Young (School of Mechanical Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea / v.32, no.2, 2019 , pp. 103-108 More about this Journal
Abstract
Non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation on the thermal boundary resistance(TBR) of an aluminum(Al)/silicon(Si) interface was performed in the present study. The constant heat flux across the Si/Al interface was simulated by adding the kinetic energy in hot Si region and removing the same amount of the energy from the cold Al region. The TBR estimated from the sharp temperature drop at the interface was independent of heat flux and equal to $5.13{\pm}0.17K{\cdot}m^2/GW$ at 300K. The simulation result was experimentally confirmed by the time-domain thermoreflectance technique. A 90nm thick Al film was deposited on a Si(100) wafer using an e-beam evaporator and the TBR on the film/substrate interface was measured using the time-domain thermoreflectance technique based on a femtosecond laser system. A numerical solution of the transient heat conduction equation was obtained using the finite difference method to estimate the TBR value. Experimental results were compared to the prediction and discussions on the nanoscale thermal transport phenomena were made.
Keywords
Thermal boundary resistance; thin-film; molecular dynamics; time-domain thermoreflectance technique; nanoscale heat transfer;
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