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relevant to thermal conductance of the interface: the residence time |
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of solvent molecules in the thiolate layer, and the orientational |
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ordering of the C-C chains as a mechanism for transferring vibrational |
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energy to these entrapped solvent molecules. |
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energy to these entrapped solvent molecules. These competing effects are responsible for the non-monotonic dependence of the interfacial thermal conductance on the fraction of long chain capping agents. |
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\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{figures/timelapse} |
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\caption{} |
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\caption{Images of 25\%/75\% C$_4$/C$_{12}$ (top panels) and 75\%/25\% C$_4$/C$_{12}$ (bottom panels) systems at the beginning and end of a 3 ns simulation. Initial interfacial solvent molecules are colored light blue. The solvent-thiolate disorder and interfacial solvent turnover of the 25\%/75\% short/long system stand in stark contrast to the highly ordered but entrapped interfacial solvent of the 75\%/25\% system.} |
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\label{fig:timelapse} |
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