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Mission Statement: to Acquire, Produce, and Transmit Knowledge

We use atomistic simulations based on density functional theory (DFT) to design and model properties of materials for energy conversion and storage. Our interest is mostly in the electrical, optical and thermal transport properties of materials. We also develop computational tools based on quantum and statistical mechanics to perform and analyze simulation results in an accurate and efficient manner.

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Keivan serves as guest editor for “Thermal Transport”
Keivan serves as guest editor for “Thermal Transport”

Selected Publications

  • Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium Lattice Dynamics of Anharmonic SystemsABS K. Esfarjani and Y. Liang
  • "Theory of Non-equilibrium Heat transport in anharmonic multiprobe systems at high temperatures", Entropy 2021, 23(12), 1630ABS Keivan Esfarjani
  • "Thermodynamics of anharmonic lattices from first-principles", Nanoscale Energy Transport (ed. Liao, B.) Ch. 7, pp 7.1 - 7.35 (2019)ABS K Esfarjani and Y Liang
  • “First principles calculations of solid-state thermionic transport in layered van der Waals heterostructures”, Nanoscale 8, 14695 (2016).ABS X Wang, M Zebarjadi, K Esfarjani
  • “Bridging Conduction and Radiation: Thermal Transport at Sub-nanometer Gaps”, Nature Comm. 6, 6755 (2015).ABS V. Chiloyan,J. Garg, K. Esfarjani, and G. Chen
  • "Modeling heat conduction from first principles”, invited paper in the Annual Review of Heat Transfer (2014).ABS K. Esfarjani, J. Garg and G. Chen
  • “Resonant bonding leads to low lattice thermal conductivity” Nature Comm. 5, 3525 (2014).ABS S. Lee, K. Esfarjani, T. Luo, J. Zhou, Z. Tian, and G. Chen
  • "Coherent phonon heat conduction in superlattices", Science 338 (6109), 936-939 (2012)ABS M. N. Luckyanova, J. Garg, K. Esfarjani, A. Jandl, M. T. Bulsara, A. J. Schmidt, A. J. Minnich, S. Chen, M. S. Dresselhaus, Z. Ren, E. A. Fitzgerald, G. Chen
  • "Phonon conduction in PbSe, PbTe, and PbTe 1− x Se x from first-principles calculations", Physical Review B 85 (18), 184303 (2012)ABS Z Tian, J Garg, K Esfarjani, T Shiga, J Shiomi, G Chen
  • "Heat transport in silicon from first-principles calculations", Physical Review B 84 (8), 085204 (2011)ABS K. Esfarjani, G. Chen and H. T. Stokes

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