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flux. We can treat the temperature in each radial shell as discrete, making the thermal conductance, $G$, of each shell the inverse of its Kapitza resistance, $R_K$. To model the thermal conductance across an interface (or multiple interfaces) it is useful to consider the shells as resistors wired in series. The total resistance of the shells is then additive, and the interfacial thermal conductance is the inverse of the total Kapitza resistance. The thermal resistance of each shell is |
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where $\eta$ is the dynamic viscosity of the surrounding solvent. An $\eta$ value for UA hexane under these particular temperature and pressure conditions was determined by applying a traditional VSS-RNEMD linear momentum flux to a periodic box of solvent. |
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% However, the friction between hexane solvent and gold more likely falls within ``slip'' boundary conditions. Hu and Zwanzig\cite{Zwanzig} investigated the rotational friction coefficients for spheroids under slip boundary conditions and obtained numerial results for a scaling factor as a function of $\tau$, the ratio of the shorter semiaxes and the longer semiaxis of the spheroid. For the sphere and prolate ellipsoid shown here, the values of $\tau$ are $1$ and $0.3939$, respectively. According to the values tabulated by Hu and Zwanzig, the sphere friction coefficient approaches $0$, while the ellipsoidal friction coefficient must be scaled by a factor of $0.880$ to account for the reduced interfacial friction under ``slip'' boundary conditions. |
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Previous VSS-RNEMD simulations of the interfacial friction of the planar Au(111) / hexane interface have shown that the interface exists within ``slip'' boundary conditions.\cite{Kuang2012} Hu and Zwanzig\cite{Zwanzig} investigated the rotational friction coefficients for spheroids under slip boundary conditions and obtained numerial results for a scaling factor to be applied to $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$ as a function of $\tau$, the ratio of the shorter semiaxes and the longer semiaxis of the spheroid. For the sphere and prolate ellipsoid shown here, the values of $\tau$ are $1$ and $0.3939$, respectively. According to the values tabulated by Hu and Zwanzig, $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{slip}}$ for any sphere approaches $0$, while the ellipsoidal $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{slip}}$ is the analytical $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$ result scaled by a factor of $0.359$ to account for the reduced interfacial friction under ``slip'' boundary conditions. |
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Calculated values for the thermal conductivity of a 40 \AA$~$ radius gold nanoparticle (15707 atoms) at different kinetic energy flux values are shown in Table \ref{table:goldTC}. For these calculations, the hot and cold slabs were excluded from the linear regression of the thermal gradient. The measured linear slope $\langle dT / dr \rangle$ is linearly dependent on the applied kinetic energy flux $J_r$. Calculated thermal conductivity values compare well with previous bulk QSC values of 1.08 -- 1.26 W m$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$\cite{Kuang2010}, though still significantly lower than the experimental value of 320 W m$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$, as the QSC force field neglects significant electronic contributions to heat conduction. |
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Calculated values for the thermal conductivity of a 40 \AA$~$ radius gold nanoparticle (15707 atoms) at different kinetic energy flux values are shown in Table \ref{table:goldTC}. For these calculations, the hot and cold slabs were excluded from the linear regression of the thermal gradient. The measured linear slope $\langle \frac{dT}{dr} \rangle$ is linearly dependent on the applied kinetic energy flux $J_r$. Calculated thermal conductivity values compare well with previous bulk QSC values of 1.08 -- 1.26 {\footnotesize W / m $\cdot$ K}\cite{Kuang2010}, though still significantly lower than the experimental value of 320 {\footnotesize W / m $\cdot$ K}, as the QSC force field neglects significant electronic contributions to heat conduction. |
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Calculated values for the thermal conductivity of a cluster of 6912 SPC/E water molecules are shown in Table \ref{table:waterTC}. As with the gold nanoparticle thermal conductivity calculations, the RNEMD regions were excluded from the $\langle dT / dr \rangle$ fit. Again, the measured slope is linearly dependent on the applied kinetic energy flux $J_r$. The average calculated thermal conductivity from this work, $0.8841$ W m$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$, compares very well to previous nonequilibrium molecular dynamics results (0.81 and 0.87 W m$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$\cite{Romer2012, Zhang2005}) and experimental values (0.607 W m$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$\cite{WagnerKruse}) |
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Calculated values for the thermal conductivity of a cluster of 6912 SPC/E water molecules are shown in Table \ref{table:waterTC}. As with the gold nanoparticle thermal conductivity calculations, the RNEMD regions were excluded from the $\langle \frac{dT}{dr} \rangle$ fit. Again, the measured slope is linearly dependent on the applied kinetic energy flux $J_r$. The average calculated thermal conductivity from this work, $0.8841$ {\footnotesize W / m $\cdot$ K}, compares very well to previous nonequilibrium molecular dynamics results\cite{Romer2012, Zhang2005} and experimental values.\cite{WagnerKruse} |
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\caption{Calculated interfacial thermal conductance ($G$) values for gold nanoparticles of varying radii solvated in explicit TraPPE-UA hexane. The nanoparticle $G$ values are compared to previous results for a gold slab in TraPPE-UA hexane, revealing increased interfacial thermal conductance for non-planar interfaces.} |
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\caption{Comparison of rotational friction coefficients under ideal ``slip'' ($\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{slip}}$) and ``stick'' conditions ($\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$) and effective rotational friction coefficients ($\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$) of gold nanostructures solvated in TraPPE-UA hexane at 230 K. The ellipsoid is oriented with the long axis along the $z$ direction.} |
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{Structure} & {Axis of Rotation} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$ / $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$}\\ |
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Sphere (r = 20 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & {3314} & {2386} & {0.720}\\ |
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Sphere (r = 30 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & {11749} & {8415} & {0.716}\\ |
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Sphere (r = 40 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & {34464} & {47544} & {1.380}\\ |
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Prolate Ellipsoid & {$x = y$} & {4991} & {3128} & {0.627}\\ |
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Prolate Ellipsoid & {$z$} & {1993} & {1590} & {0.798}\\ |
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{Structure} & {Axis of Rotation} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{slip}}$} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$} & {$\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$ / $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{stick}}$}\\ |
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{} & {} & {\footnotesize(amu A$^2$ / fs)} & {\footnotesize(amu A$^2$ / fs)} & {\footnotesize(amu A$^2$ / fs)} & \\ \hline |
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Sphere (r = 20 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & 0 & {2386} & {3314} & {0.720}\\ |
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Sphere (r = 30 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & 0 & {8415} & {11749} & {0.716}\\ |
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Sphere (r = 40 \AA) & {$x = y = z$} & 0 & {47544} & {34464} & {1.380}\\ |
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Prolate Ellipsoid & {$x = y$} & {1792} & {3128} & {4991} & {0.627}\\ |
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Prolate Ellipsoid & {$z$} & {716} & {1590} & {1993} & {0.798} |
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The results for $\Xi^{rr}_{\mathit{eff}}$ show that, contrary to the flat Au(111) / hexane interface, gold structures solvated by hexane do not exist in the ``slip'' boundary conditions. At this length scale, the nanostructures are not perfect spheroids due to atomic `roughening' of the surface and therefore experience increased interfacial friction which deviates from the ideal ``slip'' case. The 20 and 30 \AA$\,$ radius nanoparticles experience approximately 70\% of the ideal ``stick'' boundary interfacial friction. Rotation of the ellipsoid about its long axis more closely approaches the ``stick'' limit than rotation about the short axis, which may at first seem counterintuitive. However, the `propellor' motion caused by rotation about short axis may exclude solvent from the rotation cavity or move a sufficient amount of solvent along with the gold that a smaller interfacial friction is actually experienced. The largest nanoparticle (40 \AA$\,$ radius) appears to experience more than the ``stick'' limit of interfacial friction, which may be a consequence of surface features or anomalous solvent behaviors that are not fully understood at this time. |
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