hello everyone..i am a beginner in this field so ultimately seek help in order to escalate in my research.Currently i am working on hybrid composites using graphite filled FRPCs so kindly encourage me and help me make up my mind for better understanding in order to have an effective research.I am concentrating on tribological properties and if there is anything i can possibly implement to make it more profound please guide me so.I am working on my theoratical thesis right now.

We analyze the conversion efficiency of thermoelectric composites, and conclude that thermoelectric figure of merit ZT as we know it is ill-defined for composites, and is irrelevant for their conversion efficiency. In addition, we prove that thermoelectric conversion efficiency of a composite is not bounded by its constituents, and can be higher than all its constituents in the absence of size and interface effects, in contrast to previous claim.

This is the draft of our recent paper on the phonon analysis of nanotubes which is accpeted for publication by JMPS. The title and abstract are:

Title: Symmetry-Adapted Phonon Analysis of Nanotubes

Amin Aghaei, Kaushik Dayal (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University)

Ryan Elliott (Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota)

Abstract:

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