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We have demonstrated a novel adaptation of the VSS-RNEMD methodology for the application of thermal and angular momentum fluxes in explicitly non-periodic system geometries. Non-periodic VSS-RNEMD preserves the virtues of traditional VSS-RNEMD, namely Boltzmann thermal velocity distributions and minimal thermal anisotropy, while extending the constraints to conserve total energy and total \emph{angular} momentum. We also still have the ability to impose the thermal and angular momentum fluxes simultaneously or individually. |
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Most strikingly, this method enables calculation of thermal conductivity in homogeneous non-periodic geometries, as well as interfacial thermal conductance and interfacial rotational friction in heterogeneous clusters. The ability to interrogate explicitly non-periodic effects -- such as surface curvature -- on interfacial transport properties is an exciting prospect that will be investigated in the future. |
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Most strikingly, this method enables calculation of thermal conductivity in homogeneous non-periodic geometries, as well as interfacial thermal conductance and interfacial rotational friction in heterogeneous clusters. The ability to interrogate explicitly non-periodic effects -- such as surface curvature -- on interfacial transport properties is an exciting prospect that will be explored in the future. |
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