New materials are the backbone of their technology‐driven modern civilization and at
present carbon nanostructures are the leading candidates that have attracted huge research …

The coupling of lattice dynamics and phonon transport methodologies with density
functional theory has become a powerful tool for calculating lattice thermal conductivity (κ) …

Accurate evaluation of the thermal conductivity of a material can be a challenging task from
both experimental and theoretical points of view. In particular for the nanostructured …

Using density functional theory, we systematically investigate the lattice thermal conductivity
and carrier mobility of monolayer SnX2 (X= S, Se). The room-temperature ultra low lattice …

Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has received great interest in recent years as a wide band-
gap analog of graphene-derived systems along with its potential in a wide range of …

Inspired by the groundbreaking discovery of the two-dimensional (2D) MoSSe materials, the
electronic, thermal, and thermoelectric properties of asymmetric Janus SnSSe and PbSSe …

The current problems of decreasing fossil fuel reserves and the increasing pollution level
due to burning of these fossil fuels are expected to worsen in the future with ever increasing …

A high power factor and low lattice thermal conductivity are two essential ingredients of
highly efficient thermoelectric materials. Although monolayers of transition-metal …

Intensive energy dependence and membrane fouling are the inherent limitations of
membrane distillation (MD) process for the application. Solar energy is promising …

Thermal scanning probe lithography (tSPL) is a nanofabrication method for the chemical
and physical nanopatterning of a large variety of materials and polymer resists with a lateral …