In recent years, the use of first-principles based atomistic modeling technique has become extremely popular to gain better insights on the various locally modulated electronic properties of nano materials and structures. Atomistic modeling offers the benefit of predicting crystal structures, visualizing orbital distribution and electron density, as well as understanding material properties which are hard to access experimentally. The single layer MoS2 has emerged as a suitable choice for the next generation nano devices, owing to its distinctive electrical, optical and mechanical properties like, better electrostatics, increased photo luminescence, higher mechanical flexibility, etc. The realization of decananometer scale digital switches with the single layer MoS2 as the channel may provide many significant advantages such as, high On/Off current ratio, excellent electrostatic control of the gate, low leakage, etc. However, there are quite a few critical issues such as, forming low resistance source/drain contacts, achieving higher effective mobility, ensuring large scale controlled growth, etc. which need to be addressed for successful implementation of the atomically thin transistors in integrated circuits. Recent experimental demonstration showing the coexistence of metallic and semiconducting phases in the same monolayer MoS2, has attracted much attention for its use in ultra-low contact resistance-MoS2 transistors. Howbeit, the electronic structures of the metallic-to-semiconducting phase boundaries, which appear to dictate the carrier injection in such transistors, are not yet well understood. In this work, we first develop the geometrically optimized atomistic models of the 2H-1T′ hetero-phase structures with two distinct phase boundaries, β and γ. We then apply density functional theory to calculate the electronic structures for those optimized geometries. Furthermore, we employ non equilibrium Green’s function formalism to evaluate the transmission spectra and the local density of states in order to assess the Schottky barrier nature of the phase boundaries. Nonetheless, the symmetry of the source-channel and drain-channel junction, is a unique property of a metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET), which needs to be preserved while realizing sub-10 nm channel length devices using advanced technology. Employing experimental-findings-driven atomistic modeling technique, we demonstrate that such symmetry might not be preserved in an atomically thin phase-engineered MoS2- based MOSFET. It originates from the two distinct atomic patterns at phase boundaries (β and β*) when the semiconducting phase (channel) is sandwiched between the two metallic phases (source and drain). Next, using first principles based quantum transport calculations we demonstrate that due to the clusterization of “Mo” atoms in 1T′ MoS2, the transmission along the zigzag direction is significantly higher than that in the armchair direction. Moreover, to achieve excellent impedance matching with various metal contacts (such as, “Au”, “Pd”, etc.), we further develop the atomistic models of metal-1T′ MoS2 edge contact geometries and compute their resistance values. Other than the charge carrier transport, analysing the heat transport across the channel is also crucial in designing the ultra-thin next generation transistors. Hence, in this thesis work, we have investigated the electro-thermal transport properties of single layer MoS2, in quasi ballistic regime. Besides the perfect monolayer in its pristine form, we have also considered various line defects which have been experimentally observed in mechanically exfoliated MoS2 samples. Furthermore, a comprehensive study on the phonon thermal conductivity of a suspended monolayer MoS2, has been incorporated in this thesis. The studies presented in this thesis could be useful for understanding the carrier transport in atomically thin devices and designing the ultra-thin next generation transistors.

Orientador: Maurice de Koning / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T12:16:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CarvajalJara_DiegoAlejandro_M.pdf: 4649880 bytes, checksum: d014cd5c835938e4643e478fa70353be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Recentemente tem sido proposta a existência de uma transição líquido-líquido em substâncias puras com o propósito de explicar alguns comportamentos anômalos como os incrementos de funções resposta (compressibilidade isotérmica, coeficiente de expansão térmica, calor específico) ao diminuir a temperatura de um líquido. A existência deste tipo de transição foi demostrada experimentalmente para o fósforo por dispersão de raios X, e através de simulações atomísticas ou de primeiros princípios para a água, o silício, o carbono, etc. A compreensão detalhada deste tipo de transição está intimamente relacionada à questão fundamental de quais fatores físicos controlam as propriedades de um líquido, e portanto o estudo desta é de grande importância para o desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, a síntese de novos materiais e o controle de suas propriedades. Neste trabalho realizamos simulações atomísticas sobre um sistema de 1152 partículas de Gálio submetidas a um potencial semi-empírico MEAM, com condições periódicas de contorno. Com estas simulações procuramos uma transição líquido-líquido no Gálio através de um processo de eliminação de três teorias. Inicialmente mostramos que o limite de metaestabilidade do líquido super-aquecido tem um comportamento monótono decrescente no plano de fase P-T. Posteriormente nosso sistema apresenta histerese, uma descontinuidade no volume, estruturas locais diferentes, duas fases que fluem, e um calor latente característico de uma transição de fase de primeira ordem. Por todas estas razões concluímos que o sistema simulado apresenta um transição líquido-líquido de primeira ordem. Adicionalmente foram realizadas compressões e expansões isotérmicas para temperaturas diferentes, observando que estes processos também apresentam histerese e que ela diminui com o aumento da temperatura, indicando assim a possível existência de um segundo ponto crítico e a finalização da transição líquido-líquido. Finalizamos o trabalho com a obtenção e a caracterização de uma possível nova fase cristalina do Gálio cuja estrutura ainda não tem sido obtida experimentalmente. Esta fase foi obtida por casualidade durante o estudo da existência de uma transição líquido-líquido no Gálio ao tencionar o Gálio a -1.6GPa. Sua estrutura é do tipo ortorrômbica com uma simetria Cmcm (grupo espacial 63) e sua principal diferença do Gálio-I é a orientação dos dímeros de Gálio, que nesta nova fase estão dispostos paralelamente. Simulações por DFT mostraram que esta nova fase é metaestável a pressão nula e chega a ser estável a pressões negativas abaixo de ~ 1.5GPa. / Abstract: Recently, the existence of a liquid-liquid transition in pure substances has been proposed as an explanation of anomalous behaviors such as the increase of response functions (isothermal compressibility, coefficient of thermal expansion, specific heat) with decreasing temperature displayed by some liquids. The existence of this type of transition has been demonstrated experimentally for phosphorous by X-ray diÿraction, and through atomistic simulations for water, silicon and carbon. The detailed understanding of this type of transition is closely related to the fundamental question of which physical factors control the properties of a liquid. Therefore, the study of this phenomenon is of great importance for the development of new technologies, the synthesis of new materials and the control of their properties. In this work, we carry out a series of atomistic simulations of a system containing 1152 Gallium atoms described by a semi-empirical Modified Embedded-Atom Model subject to periodic boundary conditions. By means of these simulations we search for a liquid-liquid transition in Gallium by means of a process of elimination of three theories. Initially we show that the limit of metastability of the superheated liquid has a decreasing monotonous behavior in the pressure-temperature phase diagram. Subsequently, our system presents hysteresis, a discontinuity in volume, two phases that have different local atomic structures and display diffusion, and a latent heat, all characteristic of a first-order phase transition. For all these reasons we conclude that the simulated system presents a liquid-liquid phase transition of first-order in the supercooled regime. In addition, we carried out several simulations of isothermal compressions and expansions for different temperatures. These results also show hysteresis although it is found to decrease with increasing temperature, thus indicating the possible existence of a second critical point at which the liquid-liquid transition ends. We finish our studies with the discovery and characterization of a crystalline phase of Gallium whose structure has not been observed experimentally. This phase was obtained by chance during the study of the existence of a liquid-liquid transition in Gallium under tension of -1.6GPa. Its structure is of the orthorhombic type with Cmcm symmetry (space group 63). Its main difference with respect to the Gallium-I phase is that in the new phase the Gallium dimers are disposed in a parallel fashion. Subsequent DFT simulations show that this new phase is metastable at zero pressure and predict it to become stable with respect to Gallium-I arrives at negative pressures below ~1.5GPa. / Mestrado / Física da Matéria Condensada / Mestre em Física

Orientador: Maurice de Koning / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T20:27:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 PomaBernaola_AdolfoMaximo_M.pdf: 3697892 bytes, checksum: a07c1ad647a61d9862283f697732410e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Nesta dissertação abordamos o estudo de uma das limitações da simulação atomística denominada o evento raro, quem é responsável pela limitação temporal, exemplos de problemas que envolvem os eventos raros são, o enovelamento de proteínas, mudanças conformacionais de moléculas, reações químicas (em solução), difusão de sólidos e os processos de nucleação numa transição de fase de 1a ordem, entre outros. Métodos convencionais como Dinâmica Molecular (MD) ou Monte Carlo (MC) são úteis para explorar a paisagem de energia potencial de sistemas muito complexos, mas em presença de eventos raros se tornam muito ineficientes, devido à falta de estatística na amostragem do evento. Estes métodos gastam muito tempo computacional amostrando as configurações irrelevantes e não as transições de interesse. Neste sentido o método Transition Path Sampling (TPS), desenvolvido por D. Chandler e seus colaboradores, consegue explorar a paisagem de energia potencial e obter um conjunto de verdadeiras trajetórias dinâmicas que conectam os estados metaestáveis em presença de evento raros. A partir do ensemble de caminhos a constante de reação e o mecanismo de reação podem ser extraídos com muito sucesso. Neste trabalho de mestrado implementamos com muito sucesso o método TPS e realizamos uma comparação quantitativa em relação ao método MC configuracional num problema padrão da isomerização de uma molécula diatômica imersa num líquido repulsivo tipo Weeks-Chandler-Andersen (WCA). A aplicação destes métodos mostrou como o ambiente, na forma de solvente, pode afetar a cinética de um evento raro / Abstract: In this dissertation we aproach the study of one of the limitations of the atomistic simulation called the rare event, which is responsible for the temporal limitation. Examples of problems that involve the rare event are the folding protein, conformational changes in molecules, chemical reactions (in solution), solid diffusion, and the processes of nucleation in a first-order phase transition, among other. Conventional methods as Molecular Dynamics (MD) or Monte Carlo (MC) are useful to explore the potencial energy landscape of very complex systems, but in presence of rare events they become very inefficient, due to lack of statistics in the sampling of the event. These methods spend much computational time sampling the irrelevant configurations and not the transition of interest. In this sense, the Transition Path Sampling (TPS) method, developed by D. Chandler and his collaborators, can explore the potential energy landscape and get a set of true dynamical trajectories that connect the metastable states in presence of the rare events. From this ensemble of trajectories the rate constant and the mechanism of reaction can be extracted with great success. In this work we implemented the TPS method and carried out a quantitative comparison in relation to the configurational MC method in a standard problem of the isomerization of a diatomic molecule immersed in a Weeks-Chandler-Andersen (WCA) repulsive fluid. The application of these methods showed as the environment, in the form of solvent, can affect the kinetic of a rare event / Mestrado / Física Estatistica e Termodinamica / Mestre em Física

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-18T18:19:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FLAVIO MOURA E SILVA JUNIOR.pdf: 1775384 bytes, checksum: b430b5a1969defb4733efc6cf63b21d0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-11-30 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / In this work we investigated the vibrational properties of ceramics Bi2Mn4O10 (BMO) at room temperature by the Raman and Infrared spectroscopies, the phonons were classified by FG matrix method of Wilson. The dielectric properties of the material, in turn, were studied using the impedance spectroscopy in a range of 22 ° C to 275 ° C. Furthermore, static atomistic simulations were performed at BMO in the range 0.0 to 10 GPa with a step of 0.5 GPa. Concerning the Raman modes, ten out forty eight modes predicted by the group theory, were observed in our experimental spectrum while the spectrum of the imaginary part of inverse dielectric constant, we observe 19 LO modes active in infrared. By using the method of FG Wilson saw that the modes in the range of 600-760 cm-1 are stretching into the ab plane to the octahedral chains MnO6. Libration and bending modes were predicted to 400-570 cm-1 and 300-400 cm-1, respectively. It was further observed that the low-frequency modes are mainly due to translations of the Bi ions. The analysis of the impedance spectroscopy measurements led to the conclusion that the relaxing process of BMO are associated with conductive mechanisms, these being due to movement of polarons. The frequencies, for which the imaginary parts of the module (M '' ) and impedance ( Z '' ) exhibit a maximum, obeyed the Arrhenius law in its dependence on the reciprocal temperature, and the calculated activation energies were 0.57 eV and 0.63 eV for each case, respectively. The frequency dependent peaks that appeared in the Bode plot of the real part of dielectric constant were attributed to thermal relaxation processes associated with activated jumps of polarons. The simulations showed that the compound is quite stable, showing no structural phase transition in the pressure range investigated / Neste trabalho foram investigadas as propriedades vibracionais da cerâmica Bi2Mn4O10 (BMO) à temperatura ambiente através das espectroscopias Raman e no Infravermelho. Os fônons foram classificados através do método FG de Wilson. As propriedades dielétricas do material, por sua vez, foram estudadas com o uso da espectroscopia de Impedância num intervalo de 22°C a 275°C. Além disso, simulações atomísticas estáticas foram feitas no BMO no intervalo de 0 a 10 GPa com passo de 0,5 GPa. No que concerne aos modos Raman, dos 48 previstos pela teoria de grupos, apenas dez deles foram observados em nosso espectro experimental enquanto que no espectro da parte imaginária do inverso da constante dielétrica, observamos 19 modos LO ativos no infravermelho. Através do uso do método FG de Wilson vimos que os modos no intervalo de 600-760 cm-1 são estiramento no plano ab para as cadeias octaédricas MnO6. Modos dobramento angular e de libração foram previstos para 400-570 cm-1 e 300-400 cm-1, respectivamente. Constatou-se ainda que os modos de baixa freqüência devem-se principalmente às translações dos íons Bi. As análises das medidas de espectroscopia de Impedância levaram a conclusão de que os processos relaxativos do BMO são associados a mecanismos condutivos, sendo esses devido a movimentos de polarons. As freqüências, para as quais as partes imaginárias do módulo ( M '' ) e da impedância ( Z '' ) exibiram máximos, obedeceram a uma lei tipo Arrhenius em sua dependência com o recíproco da temperatura, sendo que as energias de ativação calculadas foram de 0,57 eV e 0,63 eV para cada caso, respectivamente. Os picos dependentes da freqüência que apareceram no gráfico de Bode da parte real da constante dielétrica foram atribuídos a processos relaxativos termicamente ativados associados a saltos de polarons. As simulações realizadas mostraram que o composto é bastante estável não apresentando transição de fase estrutural no intervalo de pressão investigado.

Orientador: Charlles Rubber de Almeida Abreu / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Química / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T21:35:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Martins_TiagoDias_M.pdf: 4166409 bytes, checksum: 78baf81dcc9cf9d746302c21e813f9e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: O estudo a nível microscópico do Equilíbrio Sólido-Líquido (ESL) só se desenvolveu a partir do século XX e ainda existem aspectos de tal fenômeno que não são bem compreendidos, mesmo para os sistemas mais simples. Por esse motivo, é necessário que métodos eficientes para simular diretamente o ESL sejam formulados. O principal objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver e implementar Métodos Monte Carlo Multicanônicos para simular o ESL de sistemas de Lennard-Jones e, então, avaliar a aplicabilidade de tais métodos com base na sua eficiência. Primeiramente, buscou-se melhorar os resultados do método desenvolvido por Muguruma e Okamoto (2008), que visava amostrar a energia do sistema uniformemente e o volume com probabilidade de Boltzmann, enquanto mantinha-se fixo o número de partículas da caixa de simulação cúbica. Em seguida, uma nova abordagem foi proposta, cuja principal característica é não restringir o formato da caixa, embora a amostragem fosse realizada da mesma forma. Em ambos os métodos, a densidade de estados do sistema foi estimada usando a técnica da matriz de transições e uma abordagem de paralelização das simulações foi empregada a fim de se obter uma amostragem mais efetiva. Os resultados obtidos com o primeiro método mostraram que uma simulação como essa depende significativamente do número de partículas. Além disso, a amostragem dos estados de energia ficou presa na fase sólida. Já os resultados obtidos com a nova metodologia foram ligeiramente melhores que os obtidos com o método anterior. A amostragem para o sistema com o menor número de partículas foi equivalente para as duas fases em questão. No entanto, as simulações com sistemas maiores apresentaram o mesmo problema apontado no método anterior. A princípio, sugeriu-se a existência de uma transição polimórfica. No entanto, simulações na fase sólida com a nova metodologia apontam o contrário. Apesar dos resultados insatisfatórios, este trabalho se constitui em um passo importante no estudo de um tema complexo, que é a previsão de Equilíbrio Sólido-Líquido utilizando métodos de simulação direta / Abstract: The study at the microscopic level of Solid-Liquid Equilibrium (SLE) was only developed in the 20th century and still exist some aspects of this phenomenon that are not well understood, even for the simplest systems. Therefore, it is necessary the development of efficient methods to directly simulate the SLE. The main objective of this work was to develop and implement Multicanonical Monte Carlo methods to simulate the SLE of the Lennard-Jones system and then evaluate their applicability based on efficiency. First, we sought to improve the performance of a method used by Muguruma and Okamoto (2008), which aimed to sample the system energy uniformly and the volume with the Boltzmann probability, while keeping fixed the number of particles in a cubic simulation box. Then a new approach was proposed, whose main feature was let the shape of the box free, although the sampling was performed in the same way. In both methods, the density of states of the system was estimated using the transition matrix technique and an approach for parallelization of the simulations was employed to obtain a more effective sampling. The results obtained with the first method showed that such a simulation depends on the number of particles present in the system. Moreover, the sampling of energy states got stuck in the solid phase. The results obtained with the new method were slightly better than those obtained with the previous method. The sampling for the system with the lowest number of particles was equivalent for the two phases concerned. However, simulations with larger systems presented the same problem of the previous method. At first, it was suggested the existence of a polymorphic transition. However, simulations in the solid phase with the new methodology show the opposite. Despite the unsatisfactory results, this work constitutes na important step in studying a complex subject, which is the prediction of Solid-Liquid Equilibrium using direct simulation methods / Mestrado / Engenharia de Processos / Mestre em Engenharia Química

Ce travail de thèse a pour objet l'étude de l'influence de la plasticité sur le délaminage et le flambage de films minces déposés sur substrats. Il repose sur une approche mixte combinant des simulations atomistiques et des calculs analytiques basés sur la théorie des plaques minces de Föppl-von Kármán (FvK). Les simulations ont permis de caractériser, au cours de la formation d'une ride droite, un mécanisme de glissement localisé dans l'interface en pied de cloque entraînant une augmentation de la déflexionmaximale de la ride. Ce mécanisme de glissement est également présent lorsque le délaminage piloté par le flambage du film mince est lui aussi observé. En l'intégrant dans le modèle élastique de FvK, la forme de la ride droite ainsi que le processus de délaminage ont ensuite été caractérisés. Le bon accord trouvé entre les simulations atomistiques et le modèle explique notamment le délaminage des cloques sans introduire de dépendance entre l'énergie d'adhésion et la mixité modale. L'initiation du cloquage à partir d'une marche d'interface créée par des dislocations venant du substrat a également été étudiée.Les simulations révèlent qu'avant flambage, le film se décolle à la fois sur le haut et sur le bas de la marche. Un mécanisme de glissement est là aussi identifié. Une déformation critique de flambage qui tient compte de ces phénomènes a été déterminée en modélisant le film mince sur la marche dans le formalisme de FvK. Les résultats des simulations couplés au modèle élastique expliquent, comme il est par ailleurs observé expérimentalement, pourquoi les cloques se forment préférentiellement au-dessus dedéfauts tels que des marches. / The purpose of this thesis is to study the influence of plasticity on the delamination and buckling of thin films deposited on substrates. Combining atomistic simulations and analytic calculations performed in the framework of continuum mechanics, the microscopic processes consisting in the sliding of the atoms located at the base of the blister has been characterized during the formation of a straight-sided blister. This sliding effect has been found to increase the maximum deflection of the buckling structure. It also modifies the delamination process of the interface. Taking into account this sliding into the Föppl-von Kármán theory of thin plates (FvK), the shape of the straight-sided blister and the delamination process have been then characterized. The agreement found between the atomistic simulations and the model explains how the buckling-driven delaminationproceeds without introducing any dependence between the adhesion energy and the mode of mixity. The initiation of the buckling from a dislocation-induced interface step has been also investigated. The simulations show that, before buckling, the film delaminates on both sides of the step and a sliding mechanism is also observed. A critical buckling strain accounting for thesephenomena has been analytically determined in the FvK framework. The simulation results and the elastic model explain, as it has also been experimentally observed, why blistering preferentially occurs above step-like defects.

Dans le cadre de la vitrification de déchets nucléaires, la connaissance et la maîtrise des propriétés structurales et dynamiques des verres incluant les radioéléments sont importantes (dans le liquide et le solide). Elles influencent notamment la qualité du colis de verre, la durée de vie du procédé de vitrification et la quantité de produits de fission qu’il est possible d’introduire. Des simulations de dynamique moléculaire ont été réalisées afin d’analyser l’influence de la composition des matrices vitreuses sur les propriétés structurales et dynamiques. Le verre nucléaire industriel R7T7 étant composé d’un trop grand nombre d’oxydes (une trentaine) pour être simulé correctement, un verre simplifié, composé des oxydes SiO2, B2O3 et Na2O (majoritaires du verre R7T7) a été préféré. L’ajout de La2O3 permet de simuler l’impact des produits de fission et les actinides mineurs sur les propriétés de la matrice vitreuse. Les deux systèmes SiO2-B2O3-Na2O et SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-La2O3 ont permis d’étudier l’effet du sodium et du lanthane sur différentes propriétés. Au cours de ces travaux, un champ de force polarisable a été développé pour réaliser les simulations. Nos calculs à température ambiante ont permis de reproduire les résultats expérimentaux de la structure, de la répartition BIII/B IV, de la densité, avec un bon accord. Une étude a été menée dans le liquide pour l’analyse de la viscosité et de la conductivité électrique. La spéciation B IV/B III et l’influence des changements structuraux sur la densité avec l’augmentation de la température ont également été observées au cours de trempes thermiques. Les limites actuelles de cette approche sont également décrites. / As result of the nuclear waste vitrification, the knowledge and understanding of the dynamic and structural properties of glasses, including the behavior of radionuclides, is important (in liquid and solid phases). It can influence the glass waste properties, the lifetime of the vitrification process and the amount of radionuclides introduced in the glass matrix. Molecular dynamic simulations have been done to study the influence of the glass matrix composition into the structural and dynamic properties of the glass. A simplified glass, with 3 major oxides of the R7T7 glass such as SiO2, B2O3 and Na2O, have been used to simulate the R7T7 industrial nuclear glass (a 30 oxides glass). The inclusion of La2O3 allows us to simulate the impact of fission products and minor actinides into the properties of the glass matrix. Both systems, the SiO2-B2O3-Na2O and SiO2-B2O3-Na2O-La2O3, allow us to study the sodium and lanthanum effect on the properties of the glass. During this work, a polarizable force field has been developed to do these simulations. The results obtained at room temperature let us reproduce the experimental results of the structure, the distribution of BIII/BIV and the density. A study has been done on the viscosity and electrical conductivity of the liquid. The distribution BIV/BIII and the influence of the structural changes on the density along with the temperature have also been observed with thermal quenchings. The current limits of this approach are also described.

Les excellentes propriétés électroniques, thermiques et mécaniques du graphène confèrent à ce matériau planaire (bi-dimensionnel) un énorme potentiel applicatif, notamment en électronique. Néanmoins, ce matériau présente de sérieux inconvénients qui pourraient limiter son champ d'applications. Par exemple, sa structure de bandes électronique sans bande interdite rend difficile le blocage du courant dans un dispositif. De plus, pour les applications thermoélectriques, sa forte conductance thermique est aussi une forte limitation. Il y a donc beaucoup de défis à relever pour rendre ce matériau vraiment utile pour des applications. Cette thèse porte sur l'étude des propriétés électroniques et thermoélectriques dans les hétérostructures planaires constituées de graphène et de nitrure de bore hexagonal (BN). Différentes configuration de ce nouveau matériau hybride permettent de moduler la bande interdite, la conductance thermique et le coefficient Seebeck. Cette étude a été menée au moyen de calculs atomistiques basés sur les approches des liaisons fortes (TB) et du modèle à constantes de force (FC). Le transport d'électrons et de phonons a été simulé dans le formalisme des fonctions de Green hors équilibre. Les résultats montrent que, grâce à la modulation de la bande interdite, des transistors à base d'hétérostructures de BN et de graphène peuvent présenter un très bon rapport courant passant / bloqué d'environ 10⁴ à 10⁵. En outre, nous montrons l'existence d'états quantiques hybrides à l'interface zigzag entre le graphène et le BN donnant lieu à des propriétés de transport électronique très intéressantes. Enfin, ce travail montre qu'en agençant correctement des nano-flocons de BN sur les côtés d'un nanoruban de graphène, la conductance des phonons peut être fortement réduite alors que l'ouverture de bande interdite conduit à un accroissement important du coefficient Seebeck. Il en résulte qu'un facteur de mérite thermoélectrique ZT plus grand que l'unité peut être réalisé à température ambiante. / Graphene is a fascinating 2-dimensional material exhibiting outstanding electronic, thermal and mechanical properties. Is this expected to have a huge potential for a wide range of applications, in particular in electronics. However, this material also suffers from a strong drawback for most electronic devices due to the gapless character of its band structure, which makes it difficult to switch off the current. For thermoelectric applications, the high thermal conductance of this material is also a strong limitation. Hence, many challenges have to be taken up to make it useful for actual applications. This thesis work focuses on the theoretical investigation of a new strategy to modulate and control the properties of graphene that consists in assembling in-plane heterostructures of graphene and Boron Nitride (BN). It allows us to tune on a wide range the bandgap, the thermal conductance and the Seebeck coefficient of the resulting hybrid nanomaterial. The work is performed using atomistic simulations based on tight binding (TB), force constant (FC) models for electrons and phonons, respectively, coupled with the Green's function formalism for transport calculation. The results show that thanks to the tunable bandgap, it is possible to design graphene/BN based transistors exhibiting high on/off current ratio in the range 10⁴-10⁵. We also predict the existence hybrid quantum states at the zigzag interface between graphene and BN with appealing electron transport. Finally this work shows that by designing properly a graphene ribbon decorated with BN nanoflakes, the phonon conductance is strongly reduced while the bandgap opening leads to significant enhancement of Seebeck coefficient. It results in a thermoelectric figure of merit ZT larger than one at room temperature.

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