Influence of Chain Length of 1D Thermal Transistor on Thermal Amplification Factor

Abstract:

We study the influence of chain length of our 1D model of thermal transistor on thermal amplification factor. Here, we varied the length of drain and source segments for different simulation experiment and found that the maximum value of thermal amplification factor influenced with chain length. The thermal amplification factor of the thermal transistor is found to be dependent on gate temperature. We also calculated the switching efficiency and working region of the thermal transistor and better results are obtained in comparison to previous study.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1141)
• Pages: 72-76
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1141.72
• Online since: August 2016
• Authors: M.G. Vachhani*, P.N. Gajjar
• Keywords: Heat Conduction, Nanoscale, Thermal Amplification, Thermal Transistor

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