Role of phonon coupling and non-equilibrium near the interface to interfacial thermal resistance: The multi-temperature model and thermal circuit

Interfacial thermal transport between two semi-infinite leads has been widely assumed to be independent from bulk transport in the two leads. However, here we show that due to the mismatch of phonon modal interfacial conductance and modal thermal conductivity, thermal interfacial transport is affected by the bulk thermal transport, and ph...More