Molecular junctions (MJs) represent an ideal platform for studying charge and energy
transport at the atomic and molecular scale and are of fundamental interest for the …

Radiative transfer of energy at the nanometre length scale is of great importance to a variety
of technologies including heat-assisted magnetic recording, near-field thermophotovoltaics …

Thermal radiation is one of the most universal physical phenomena, and its study has
played a key role in the history of modern physics. Our understanding of this subject has …

Thermal radiative emission from a hot surface to a cold surface plays an important role in
many applications, including energy conversion, thermal management, lithography, data …

Radiative thermal transport via the fluctuating electromagnetic near-field has recently
attracted increasing attention due to its fundamental importance and its impact on a range of …

Photonic cooling of matter has enabled both access to unexplored states of matter, such as
Bose–Einstein condensates, and novel approaches to solid-state refrigeration,–. Critical to …

Thermal transport in individual atomic junctions and chains is of great fundamental interest
because of the distinctive quantum effects expected to arise in them. By using novel, custom …

Radiative heat transfer (RHT) has a central role in entropy generation and energy transfer at
length scales ranging from nanometres to light years. The blackbody limit, as established in …

Radiative heat transfer in Ångström-and nanometre-sized gaps is of great interest because
of both its technological importance and open questions regarding the physics of energy …

The temperature of a physical system is operationally defined in physics as “that quantity
which is measured by a thermometer” weakly coupled to, and at equilibrium with the system …