Phonon hydrodynamics, thermal conductivity, and second sound in two-dimensional crystals

P. Scuracchio, K. H. Michel, and F. M. Peeters
Phys. Rev. B 99, 144303 – Published 10 April 2019

Abstract

Starting from our previous work in which we obtained a system of coupled integrodifferential equations for acoustic sound waves and phonon density fluctuations in two-dimensional (2D) crystals, we derive here the corresponding hydrodynamic equations, and we study their consequences as a function of temperature and frequency. These phenomena encompass propagation and damping of acoustic sound waves, diffusive heat conduction, second sound, and Poiseuille heat flow, all of which are characterized by specific transport coefficients. We calculate these coefficients by means of correlation functions without using the concept of relaxation time. Numerical calculations are performed as well in order to show the temperature dependence of the transport coefficients and of the thermal conductivity. As a consequence of thermal tension, mechanical and thermal phenomena are coupled. We calculate the dynamic susceptibilities for displacement and temperature fluctuations and study their resonances. Due to the thermomechanical coupling, the thermal resonances such as the Landau-Placzek peak and the second-sound doublet appear in the displacement susceptibility, and conversely the acoustic sound wave doublet appears in the temperature susceptibility, Our analytical results not only apply to graphene, but they are also valid for arbitrary 2D crystals with hexagonal symmetry, such as 2D hexagonal boron nitride, 2H-transition-metal dichalcogenides, and oxides.

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  • Received 21 December 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.144303

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

P. Scuracchio*, K. H. Michel, and F. M. Peeters

  • Universiteit Antwerpen, Department of Physics, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Be-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium

  • *pablo.scuracchio@uantwerpen.be
  • ktdm@skynet.be
  • francois.peeters@uantwerpen.be

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Vol. 99, Iss. 14 — 1 April 2019

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