Influence of hot phonons on wind forces in metallic single walled carbon nanotubes Original Research Article

The wind force exerted on the lattice by the flux of electrons under electric loading in single walled carbon nanotubes is studied using an ensemble Monte-Carlo simulation. The momentum transfer between electrons and the lattice is treated using Quantum Mechanics. The phonon distribution and the electron distribution of the carbon nanotubes are allowed to be populated away from thermal equilibrium to study the influence of hot phonons on the wind forces. While the presence of hot phonons creates a net increase in the phonon–electron scattering rates, it appears to have a very small influence on the amount of force exerted on the lattice.