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  • Nonlinear dynamics
  • Statistical mechanics
  • Condensed matter physics

Background:

  • Thermal rectification is crucial for heat management in nanoscale devices.
  • Understanding nonlinear coupling effects on heat transport is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate thermal rectification in a two-segment particle system with varying nonlinear interfacial couplings.
  • Determine the optimal interfacial potential and its dependence on bath temperatures.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical integration of equations of motion.
  • Analysis of heat fluxes under different bath temperature configurations.
  • Systematic variation of the interfacial potential exponent (μ).

Main Results:

  • Thermal rectification can be optimized by tuning the interfacial potential exponent (μ).
  • Maximal rectification is approached by the infinite square well potential (μ→∞) at lower average bath temperatures.
  • The optimal μ value depends on bath temperatures and system-specific details.

Conclusions:

  • The interfacial potential plays a critical role in achieving efficient thermal rectification.
  • Lowering bath temperatures shifts optimal rectification towards the infinite square well limit.
  • Heuristic considerations complement numerical findings in the low-temperature regime.