Alexander A. Balandin

Prof. Dr. Alexander A. Balandin

Department of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, Bourns College of Engineering, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

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

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20 February 2008 in Nano Letters
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ABAlexander A. Balandin
Alexander A. Balandin
SGSuchismita Ghosh
Suchismita Ghosh
Wenzhong BaoWenzhong Bao
Wenzhong Bao
ICIrene Calizo
Irene Calizo
DTDesalegne Teweldebrhan
Desalegne Teweldebrhan
CLChun Ning Lau
Chun Ning Lau

22 July 2011 in Nature Materials
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Alexander A. Balandin

3 January 2012 in Nano Letters
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KSKhan M. F. Shahil
Khan M. F. Shahil
ABAlexander A. Balandin
Alexander A. Balandin

9 May 2010 in Nature Materials
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SGSuchismita Ghosh
Suchismita Ghosh
Wenzhong BaoWenzhong Bao
Wenzhong Bao
DNDenis Nika
Denis Nika
SSSamia Subrina
Samia Subrina
EPEvghenii P. Pokatilov
Evghenii P. Pokatilov
ABAlexander A. Balandin
Alexander A. Balandin

10 January 2012 in Nature Materials
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SCShanshan Chen
Shanshan Chen
QWQingzhi Wu
Qingzhi Wu
CMColumbia Mishra
Columbia Mishra
JKJunyong Kang
Junyong Kang
HZHengji Zhang
Hengji Zhang
RRRodney S. Ruoff
Rodney S. Ruoff

7 April 2009 in Physical Review B
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DNDenis Nika
Denis Nika
EPE. P. Pokatilov
E. P. Pokatilov
AAA. S. Askerov
A. S. Askerov
ABAlexander A. Balandin
Alexander A. Balandin
We investigated theoretically the phonon thermal conductivity of single-layer graphene. The phonon dispersion for all polarizations and crystallographic directions in graphene lattice was obtained using the valence-force field method. The three-phonon Umklapp processes were treated exactly using an accurate phonon dispersion and Brillouin zone, and accounting for all phonon relaxation channels allowed by the momentum and energy conservation laws. The uniqueness of graphene was reflected in the two-dimensional phonon density of states and restrictions on the phonon Umklapp scattering phase-space. The phonon scattering on defects and graphene edges has also been included in the model. The calculations were performed for the Gruneisen parameter, which was determined from the ab initio theory as a function of the phonon wave vector and polarization branch, and for a range of values from experiments. It was found that the near room-temperature thermal conductivity of single-layer graphene, calculated with a realistic Gruneisen parameter, is in the range ∼2000–5000 W/mK depending on the flake width, defect concentration and roughness of the edges. Owing to the long phonon mean free path the graphene edges produce strong effect on thermal conductivity even at room temperature. The obtained results are in good agreement with the recent measurements of the thermal conductivity of suspended graphene.