Department of Physics Faculty

David Broido

Professor of Physics

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David Broido

Ph.D.

Contact

Higgins Hall 230C

Telephone: 617-552-3348

Email: david.broido@bc.edu

Education

  • B.S. University of California at Santa Barbara
  • M.S., University of California at San Diego
  • Ph.D., University of California at San Diego

Research Interests

Our research is in theoretical condensed matter physics focused on materials property prediction using first principles theoretical/computational approaches. Emphasis is on the phonon and electron transport properties of novel materials.听 Current projects include identifying materials with ultrahigh thermal conductivity, coupled electron-phonon transport, and spin-lattice coupling in magnetic materials.

Research Group

Selected Publications

  • "Phonon-Phonon Interactions in Strongly Bonded Solids:听 Selection Rules and Higher-Order Processes,听N.K. Ravichandran and D.A. Broido,听Physical Review X听10, 021063 (2020
  • "Coupled transport of phonons and carriers in semiconductors: A case study of n-doped GaAs", N. H. Protik and D. A. Broido, Physical Review B 101, 075202 (2020)听
  • "Ultrahigh thermal conductivity in isotope-enriched cubic boron nitride", 飩诽� Ke Chen, Bai Song, Navaneetha K. Ravichandran, et al., Science (2020).
  • "Fermi Surface Nesting and Phonon Frequency Gap Drive Anomalous Thermal Transport", Chunhua Li, Navaneetha K. Ravichandran, Lucas Lindsay, and David Broido, Physical Review Letters听121, 175901 (2018).
  • "Unusual high thermal conductivity in boron arsenide bulk crystals", Fei Tian, Bai Song, Navaneetha K. Ravichandran, et. al., Science 361, 582-585 (2018)."
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  • "Thermodynamic Evidence of Proximity to a Kitaev Spin Liquid in Ag3LiIr2O6", Faranak Bahrami, William Lafargue-Dit-Hauret, Oleg I. Lebedev, Roman Movshovich, Hung-Yu Yang, David Broido, Xavier Rocquefelte, and Fazel Tafti, Physical Review Letters 123, 237203 (2019).
  • "Non-monotonic pressure dependence of the thermal conductivity of boron arsenide", Navaneetha K. Ravichandran & David Broido, Nature Communications 10 , 827 (2019).
  • "Unified first-principles theory of thermal properties of insulators", Navaneetha K. Ravichandran and David Broido, Physical Review B98, 085205 (2018).
  • "First-Principles Determination of Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Boron Arsenide: A Competitor for Diamond?鈥�, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Physical Review Letters听111, 025901 (2013).
  • "First-Principles Determination of Ultrahigh Thermal Conductivity of Boron Arsenide: A Competitor for Diamond?鈥�, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido and T. L. Reinecke, Physical Review Letters听111, 025901 (2013).
  • 鈥淭hermal Conductivity and Large Isotope Effect in GaN from First Principles鈥�, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido, and T. L. Reinecke, Phys. Review Lett. 109, 095901 (2012).
  • 鈥淗eavy Doping and Band Engineering by Potassium to Improve the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in p-Type PbTe, PbSe, and PbTe(1-y)Se(y)鈥�,听 Q. Zhang, F. Cao, W. Liu, K. Lukas, B. Yu, S. Chen, C. Opeil, D. Broido, G. Chen, Z. Ren, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134, 10031 (2012).
  • 鈥淭hermal conductivity of diamond nanowires from first principles鈥�, Wu Li, Natalio Mingo, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido, D. A. Stewart, and N. A. Katcho, Phys. Rev. B 85, 195436 (2012).
  • 鈥淟attice thermal conductivity of (Bi1鈭抶Sbx)2Te3 alloys with embedded nanoparticles鈥�, N. A. Katcho, N. Mingo, and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. B 85, 035436 (2012).
  • 鈥淩ole of light and heavy embedded nanoparticles on the thermal conductivity of SiGe alloys鈥�, A. Kundu, N. Mingo and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. B 84, 125426 (2011).
  • 鈥淒iameter dependence of carbon nanotube thermal conductivity and extension to the graphene limit鈥�, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 82, Rapid Communications, 161402 (2010).
  • 鈥淔lexural phonons and thermal transport in graphene鈥�, L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 82 Editor鈥檚 Selection, 115427 (2010).
  • 鈥淥ptimized Tersoff and Brenner empirical potential parameters for lattice dynamics and phonon thermal transport in carbon nanotubes and graphene鈥�, L. Lindsay and D. A. Broido, Physical Review B 81, 205441 (2010).
  • 鈥淭wo-Dimensional Phonon Transport in Supported Graphene,鈥� J. H. Seol, I. Jo, A. L. Moore, L. Lindsay, Z. H. Aitken, M. T. Pettes, X. Li, Z. Yao, R. Huang, D. Broido, N. Mingo, R. S. Ruoff, and L. Shi, Science 328, 213 (2010).
  • 鈥淚ntrinsic Phonon Relaxation Times from First-Principles Studies of the Thermal Conductivities of Si and Ge,鈥� A. Ward and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. B 81, 085205 (2010).
  • 鈥淐luster Scattering Effects on Phonon Conduction in Graphene,鈥� N. Mingo, K. Esfarjani, D. A. Broido, and D. A. Stewart, Phys. Rev. B 81, 045408 (2010).
  • 鈥�Ab Initio Theory of the Lattice Thermal Conductivity in Diamond,鈥� A. Ward, D. A. Broido, Derek A. Stewart, and G. Deinzer, Phys. Rev. B 80, Editor鈥檚 Selection, 125203 (2009).
  • 鈥淟attice Thermal Conductivity of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Beyond the Relaxation Time Approximation and Phonon-Phonon Scattering Selection Rules,鈥� L. Lindsay, D. A. Broido and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 80, 125407 (2009).
  • "Phonon Transmission Through Defects in Carbon Nanotubes from First Principles," N. Mingo, D. A. Stewart, D. A. Broido, and D. Strivastava, Phys. Rev. B 77, 033418 (2008).
  • "Intrinsic Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Si/Ge and GaAs/AlAs Superlattices," A. Ward, and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. B 77, 245328 (2008).
  • "Intrinsic Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Semiconductors from First Principles," D. A. Broido, M. Malorny, G. Birner, N. Mingo, and D. A. Stewart, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 231922 (2007).
  • "Theory of Thermoelectric Power Factor of Nanowire-Nanocomposite Matrix Structures," D. A. Broido, and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 74, 195325 (2006).
  • "Carbon Nanotube Ballistic Thermal Conductance and Its Limits," N. Mingo, and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 096105 (2005).
  • "Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Silicon from Empirical Interatomic Potentials," D. A. Broido, A. Ward, and N. Mingo, Phys. Rev. B 72, 014308 (2005).
  • "Length Dependence of Carbon Nanotube Thermal Conductivity and the 鈥漃roblem of Long Waves,鈥� N. Mingo, and D. A. Broido, Nano Lett. 5, 1221 (2005).
  • "Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Superlattice Structures," D. A. Broido, and T. L. Reinecke, Phys. Rev. B 70, Rapid Communications, 081310 (2004).
  • "Lattice Thermal Conductivity Crossovers in Semiconductor Nanowires," N. Mingo, and D. A. Broido, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 246106 (2004).
  • "Thermoelectric Transport in Superlattices," D. A. Broido, and T. L. Reinecke, in Semiconductors and Semimetals 71: Overview of Current Advances in Thermoelectric Materials, Chapter 2, ed. T. Tritt (2001).
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