Som S. Shrestha

Dr. Som S. Shrestha

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Building Technologies Research and Integration Center, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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Academic Career Length

17Years (2010-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 October 2014 in Applied Energy
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KBKaushik Biswas
Kaushik Biswas
JLJue Lu
Jue Lu
PSParviz Soroushian
Parviz Soroushian
SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha

1 June 2012 in Energy and Buildings
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Mahabir BhandariMahabir Bhandari
Mahabir Bhandari
SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha
Joshua NewJoshua New
Joshua New

1 January 2016 in Energy and Buildings
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KBKaushik Biswas
Kaushik Biswas
SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha
Mahabir BhandariMahabir Bhandari
Mahabir Bhandari
ADAndre O. Desjarlais
Andre O. Desjarlais

21 January 2023 in International Journal of Thermal Sciences
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SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha
JTJanak Tiwari
Janak Tiwari
ARAmit Rai
Amit Rai
DHDiana E. Hun
Diana E. Hun
DHDaniel Howard
Daniel Howard
TFTianli Feng
Tianli Feng

14 October 2020 in Physical Review Applied
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TFTianli Feng
Tianli Feng
JHJixiong He
Jixiong He
ARAmit Rai
Amit Rai
DHDiana Hun
Diana Hun
JLJun Liu
Jun Liu
SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha
Manipulating thermal conductivity through nanoengineering is of critical importance to advance technologies, such as soft robotics, artificial skin, wearable electronics, batteries, thermal insulation, and thermoelectrics. Here, by examining amorphous polymers, including polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, and ethylene vinyl alcohol, using molecular dynamics simulations, we find that the thermal conductivities of amorphous polymers can be reduced below their amorphous limit by size effects. Size-dependent thermal transport in amorphous materials is decomposed into crystalline, crystalline-to-amorphous, and amorphous regimes. In the amorphous regime, the mean free path of propagating heat carriers can range from tens of nanometers to more than 100 nm, contributing 16%–36% of the total thermal conductivity. A two-channel model that combines no size effect (i.e., difusons and locons) and size effect (i.e., propagons) is proposed to account for size-dependent thermal conductivity. We also find that the presence of charged molecules in polymers can significantly affect the thermal conductivity and its size effects due to electrostatic interactions. This work provides insights into the thermal conductivity of amorphous polymers that will have a broad impact on the nano- and chemical engineering of polymers for various energy-related applications.

1 April 2014 in Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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SSSom S. Shrestha
Som S. Shrestha
KBKaushik Biswas
Kaushik Biswas
ADAndre O. Desjarlais
Andre O. Desjarlais