Intro; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Theoretical and Experimental Methods for Determining the Thermal Conductivity of Nanostructures; 2.1 Concepts and Foundations; 2.1.1 Thermal Conductivity; 2.1.2 Phonon and Electron Contributions; 2.1.3 Diffusive and Ballistic Phonon Transport; 2.1.4 Kinetic Behavior of Phonon Transport; 2.2 Theoretical Methods for Determining Nanoscale Thermal Conductivity; 2.2.1 Overview of Current Theoretical Methods; 2.2.2 Phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation; 2.2.3 Molecular Dynamics Simulations

2.2.4 Non-equilibrium Green's Function Method2.3 Experimental Methods for Determining Nanoscale Thermal Conductivity; 2.3.1 Thermal Bridge Method; 2.3.2 Optothermal Raman Technique; 2.3.3 Three Omega Technique; 2.4 Concluding Remarks; References; 3 Thermal Stability and Phonon Thermal Transport in Spherical Silicon Nanoclusters; 3.1 Structure and Thermal Stability of Pristine Silicon Nanoclusters; 3.1.1 Structures and Melting Properties; 3.1.2 Size-Induced Structural Transition; 3.1.3 Structural Stability from Hydrogenation; 3.2 Phonon Thermal Conductivity of Pristine Silicon Nanoclusters

5.3 Phonon Thermal Transport in Isotope-Doped Silicene NanoribbonsReferences; 6 Summary and Concluding Remarks; Index