Interest in new thermal diodes, regulators, and switches has been rapidly growing because
these components have the potential for rich transport phenomena that cannot be achieved …

We focus in this work on analysing the behaviour of a thermal diode and consider its
operation in the conductive heat transfer regime. The thermal rectification of a thermal diode …

Thermal diodes that rectify time-periodic temperature (T) fields have been proposed for
applications in waste heat scavenging and thermal control. Although these applications …

Thermal rectification devices based on solid-liquid phase change material (PCM) can
realize efficient and reversible control of forward and reverse heat flux. In this study, an …

Thermal control elements, ie, thermal diodes, switches, and regulators, can control the heat
flow in an analogous way in how electronic devices control electrical currents. In particular, a …

Non-reciprocal heat transfer has garnered significant interest due to its diverse application
potential. Researchers have achieved nonreciprocal heat transfer by utilizing nonlinearity …

The thermal rectification effect refers to a phenomenon by which heat can be asymmetrically
transferred through a system. For bulk materials, the thermal rectification effect can be …

In the area of thermal management, thermal control elements (TCEs) and thermal control
circuits (TCCs) are proving to be innovative solutions to the challenges of temperature …

Thermal rectification is a phenomenon similar to electrical rectification, in which heat transfer
in one direction is favored and reverse heat transfer is hindered. In this study, the finite …

It is studied the thermal conductivity of graphene periodically embedded with four-and eight-
membered rings (GFERs) by using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations. This …