Publications by authors named "Xuekun Chen"

Article Synopsis
  • The rise of advanced synthesis and fabrication techniques has led to increased research into two-dimensional (2D) material heterostructures, highlighting their outstanding physical and chemical properties.
  • This review emphasizes the importance of understanding thermoelectric transport properties in 2D heterostructures as a promising solution to energy crises and environmental pollution.
  • The paper covers theoretical simulations, experimental measurements, and applications of thermoelectric properties in various 2D materials, while also addressing the challenges and future prospects for enhancing thermoelectric performance in these materials.
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Recently, a ternary-layered material BiOCl has elicited intense interest in photocatalysis, environmental remediation, and ultraviolet light detection because of its unique band gap of around 3.6 eV, low toxicity, and earth abundance. In particular, Gibson et al.

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Based on the method of non-equilibrium Green's function, we investigate the thermal transport and thermoelectric properties of graphenylene nanoribbons (GRNRs) with different width and chirality. The results show that the thermoelectric (TE) performance of GRNRs significantly increases with decreasing ribbon width, which stems from the reduction of thermal conductance. In addition, by changing the ribbon width and chirality, the figure of merit (ZT) can be controllably manipulated and maximized up to 0.

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Purpose: The goal of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical effects such as sonoporation or permeability, produced by ultrasound- driven microbubbles (UDM) within microvessels with various parameters.

Methods: In this study, a bubble-fluid-solid coupling system was established through combination of finite element method. The stress, strain and permeability of the vessel wall were theoretically simulated for different ultrasound frequencies, vessel radius and vessel thickness.

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Background: With hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) becoming a heavy disease burden in China, it is particular to reveal its pathological mechanism. Recent researches have indicated that small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) may be involved in various cancers including HCC. Polymorphisms within snoRNAs may affect its function or expression level, and even its host gene, then produce series of effects related to itself or its host gene.

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The aim of this study is to estimate the effects of some acoustic parameters on thermal lesions of atherosclerotic plaques in high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) fields. A fluid-solid thermal coupling model is presented for describing the temperature elevation and thermal ablation of atherosclerotic plaque. A finite element approach is used to solve the coupling equations in cylindrical coordinates.

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This paper comprehensively studies the micro- and nanometer-scale pore characteristics and structure of the Lucaogou Formation shale oil reservoir in the Jimsar Sag using high-pressure mercury analysis, field emission scanning electron microscopy and nano-CT scanning technology. In addition, the occurrence states of crude oil in pores are analyzed combined with macro-micro characteristics. The results show that there are various reservoir types; the main reservoir pore structure is on the micron and nanometer levels, with other void spaces including intergranular pores, interparticle dissolution pores, intercrystalline pores and microfissures.

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Individuals harbouring specific genetic variations might trend towards suffering sudden cardiac death. Cystathionine-γ-lyase is one of the key enzymes of endogenous hydrogen sulfide production, and a key factor on the expression regulation of hydrogen sulfide in human heart. Compelling studies have suggested the cardioprotective effects of hydrogen sulfide, while it remains controversial whether cystathionine-γ-lyase and hydrogen sulfide are beneficial to cardiovascular diseases.

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New classes of two-dimensional (2D) materials beyond graphene are now attracting intense interest owing to their unique properties and functions. By combining first-principle calculation and the Boltzmann transport equation, we investigated the thermal transport properties of monolayer honeycomb structures of group-IV (C, Si, Ge, Sn) binary compounds. It is found that the thermal conductivity (κ) of these compounds span an enormously large range from 0.

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Graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) heterostructures assembled by van der Waals (vdW) interactions show numerous unique physical properties such as quantum Hall effects and exotic correlated states, which have promising potential applications in the design of novel electronic devices. Understanding thermal transport in such junctions is critical to control the performance and stability of prospective nanodevices. In this work, using nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations, we systematically investigate the thermal transport in asymmetric graphene/h-BN vdW heterostructures.

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The diversity of thermal transport properties in carbon nanomaterials enables them to be used in different thermal fields such as heat dissipation, thermal management, and thermoelectric conversion. In the past two decades, much effort has been devoted to study the thermal conductivities of different carbon nanomaterials. In this review, different theoretical methods and experimental techniques for investigating thermal transport in nanosystems are first summarized.

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Phonon transport in periodically modulated cylindrical nanowire (PMCN) and quasi-periodically modulated cylindrical nanowire (QPMCN) is comparatively studied. It is shown that the transmission coefficient and thermal conductance for PMCN is greater than the corresponding values for QPMCN. At low frequencies, a wide stop-frequency gap due to the destructive interference between the incoming and back waves can be clearly observed here.

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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is referred to as sudden and unexpected death caused by cardiovascular diseases, in which a person preexisted heart disease or not. Compelling evidence indicates that SCD etiology have been predominantly affected by host genetic factors. However, how genetic variants play roles in the inherited risk component of SCD are still largely unknown.

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Carbon honeycomb, a new kind of 3D carbon allotrope experimentally synthesized recently, has received much attention for its fascinating applications in electronic device and energy storage. In the present work, we perform equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) to study the thermal transport properties of carbon honeycombs with different chirality. It is found that the thermal conductivity along the honeycomb axis ([Formula: see text]) is three times larger than that normal to the axis ([Formula: see text]), which shows strong anisotropy reflecting their geometric anisotropy.

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The thermal transport properties of graphyne are investigated via equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) simulations and non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method. It is found that the room-temperature thermal conductivity of graphyne is 93% lower than that of graphene with a similar size and decreases steeply with increasing the number of acetylenic linkages, which agrees with the results obtained by NEGF method qualitatively. Lattice dynamics calculations reveal that these phenomena can be attributed to the reduction of both phonon group velocities and phonon lifetimes in graphyne at low-frequency region.

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