TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Zhou, K. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Superior thermal conductivity and extremely high mechanical strength in polyethylene chains from ab initio calculation JF - Journal of Applied Physics N2 - The upper limit of the thermal conductivity and the mechanical strength are predicted for the polyethylene chain, by performing the ab initio calculation and applying the quantum mechanical non-equilibrium Green’s function approach. Specially, there are two main findings from our calculation: (1) the thermal conductivity can reach a high value of 310 Wm−1 K−1 in a 100 nm polyethylene chain at room temperature and the thermal conductivity increases with the length of the chain; (2) the Young’s modulus in the polyethylene chain is as high as 374.5 GPa, and the polyethylene chain can sustain 32.85%±0.05% (ultimate) strain before undergoing structural phase transition into gaseous ethylene. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4729489 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Wang, Bing-Shen A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Acoustic and breathing phonon modes in bilayer graphene with Moire-acute patterns JF - Applied Physics Letters N2 - The lattice dynamics properties are investigated for twisting bilayer graphene. There are big jumps for the inter-layer potential at twisting angle θ=0° and 60°, implying the stability of Bernal-stacking and the instability of AA-stacking structures, while a long platform in [8,55]° indicates the ease of twisting bilayer graphene in this wide angle range. Significant frequency shifts are observed for the z breathing mode around θ=0° and 60°, while the frequency is a constant in a wide range [8,55]°. Using the z breathing mode, a mechanical nanoresonator is proposed to operate on a robust resonant frequency in terahertz range. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4735246 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Park, Harold S. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Enhancing the mass sensitivity of graphene nanoresonators via nonlinear oscillations: The effective strain mechanism JF - Nanotechnology N2 - Enhancing the mass sensitivity of graphene nanoresonators via nonlinear oscillations: The effective strain mechanism KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, Yancheng A1 - Zhao, Jiyun A1 - Wei, Ning A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Effects of the dispersion of polymer wrapped two neighbouring single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on nanoengineering load transfer JF - Composites Part B: Engineering N2 - Effects of the dispersion of polymer wrapped two neighbouring single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) on nanoengineering load transfer KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 SP - 1714 EP - 1721 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Wei, Ning A1 - Fan, Z. A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Mechanical properties of three types of carbon allotropes JF - Nanotechnology N2 - Mechanical properties of three types of carbon allotropes KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Wang, L. A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Wang, Z. A1 - Guo, Wanlin A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A comparative study of two molecular mechanics models based on harmonic potentials JF - Journal of Applied Physics N2 - A comparative study of two molecular mechanics models based on harmonic potentials KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Zhao, Jun-Hua A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Size-Sensitive Young’s Modulus of Kinked Silicon Nanowires JF - Nanotechnology N2 - We perform both classical molecular dynamics simulations and beam model calculations to investigate the Young's modulus of kinked silicon nanowires (KSiNWs). The Young's modulus is found to be highly sensitive to the arm length of the kink and is essentially inversely proportional to the arm length. The mechanism underlying the size dependence is found to be the interplay between the kink angle potential and the arm length potential, where we obtain an analytic relationship between the Young's modulus and the arm length of the KSiNW. Our results provide insight into the application of this novel building block in nanomechanical devices. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/24/18/185702 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Modulation of Thermal Conductivity in kinked Silicon Nanowires: Phonon interchanging and pinching effects or Reduction of thermal conductivity in kinked silicon nanowire superlattices JF - Nano Letters N2 - Modulation of Thermal Conductivity in kinked Silicon Nanowires: Phonon interchanging and pinching effects or Reduction of thermal conductivity in kinked silicon nanowire superlattices KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Mechanical Oscillation of Kinked Silicon Nanowires: a Natural Nanoscale Spring JF - Applied Physics Letters N2 - Mechanical Oscillation of Kinked Silicon Nanowires: a Natural Nanoscale Spring KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jiang, Jin-Wu A1 - Wang, Bing-Shen A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Why twisting angles are diverse in graphene Moir’e patterns? JF - Journal of Applied Physics N2 - Why twisting angles are diverse in graphene Moir’e patterns? KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2013 ER -