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| author | Reicht, Lukas Legenstein, Lukas Wieser, Sandro Zojer, Egbert |
| author_facet | Reicht, Lukas Legenstein, Lukas Wieser, Sandro Zojer, Egbert |
| contents | Heat transport can be modelled with a variety of approaches in real space (using molecular dynamics) or in reciprocal space (using the Boltzmann transport equation). Employing two conceptually different approaches of each type, we study heat transport in crystalline polyethylene and polythiophene. We find that consistent results can be obtained when using highly efficient and accurate machine-learned potentials, provided that the physical intricacies of the considered materials and methods are correctly accounted for. For polythiophene this turns out to be comparably straightforward, while for polyethylene we find that the inclusion of higher-order anharmonicities is crucial to avoid a massive overestimation of the thermal conductivity. The responsible long-lived phonons are found at relatively high frequencies between 11 THz and 16 THz. This complicates the use of classical statistics in all molecular-dynamics-based approaches. |
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| spellingShingle | Analyzing Heat Transport in Crystalline Polymers in Real and Reciprocal Space Reicht, Lukas Legenstein, Lukas Wieser, Sandro Zojer, Egbert Materials Science Computational Physics Heat transport can be modelled with a variety of approaches in real space (using molecular dynamics) or in reciprocal space (using the Boltzmann transport equation). Employing two conceptually different approaches of each type, we study heat transport in crystalline polyethylene and polythiophene. We find that consistent results can be obtained when using highly efficient and accurate machine-learned potentials, provided that the physical intricacies of the considered materials and methods are correctly accounted for. For polythiophene this turns out to be comparably straightforward, while for polyethylene we find that the inclusion of higher-order anharmonicities is crucial to avoid a massive overestimation of the thermal conductivity. The responsible long-lived phonons are found at relatively high frequencies between 11 THz and 16 THz. This complicates the use of classical statistics in all molecular-dynamics-based approaches. |
| title | Analyzing Heat Transport in Crystalline Polymers in Real and Reciprocal Space |
| topic | Materials Science Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14289 |