Phonon heat capacity of graphene nanofilms and nanotubes

摘要

Based on calculations conducted on a microscopic level, the phonon heat capacity of ultrathin graphene nanofilms such as bigraphene and trigraphene, and single-wall graphene nanotubes, is quantitatively described. The nature of the flexural stiffness of graphene monolayers is analyzed, and the temperature intervals at which the shape of the temperature dependence of heat capacity is determined by contributions made by flexural vibrations are identified. The contribution to the phonon heat capacity derived from graphene nanotube flexural waves that propagate along the surface thereof is analyzed, as are the bending vibrations of the tube as a whole one-dimensional object, and the contribution from torsional vibrations. Published by AIP Publishing.