Topological thermal transport

Z Liu, P **, M Lei, C Wang, F Marchesoni… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Thermal transport is a fundamental mechanism of energy transfer process quite distinct from
wave propagation phenomena. It can be manipulated well beyond the possibilities offered …

Sustainable heat harvesting via thermal nonlinearity

Y Zhou, T Ding, G Xu, S Yang, CW Qiu, J He… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Converting the pervasive low-grade environmental waste heat of approximately 200 EJ
globally per year (equivalent to 27 Gt of CO2 emission) into electricity promises energy …

Reconfigurable, zero-energy, and wide-temperature loss-assisted thermal nonreciprocal metamaterials

M Lei, P **, Y Zhou, Y Li, L Xu, J Huang - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Thermal nonreciprocity plays a vital role in chip heat dissipation, energy-saving design, and
high-temperature hyperthermia, typically realized through the use of advanced …

Invisible Hydrodynamic Tweezers Based on Near-Zero Index Materials

Y Zhou, F Yang, G Dai, X Zhou, P **… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Manipulating particles, such as cells and tissues, in a flowing liquid environment is crucial
for life science research. Traditional contactless tweezers, although widely used for single …

[HTML][HTML] Reconfigurable Three-Dimensional Thermal Dome

Y Zhou, F Yang, L Xu, P Zhuang, D Wang, X Ouyang… - Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Thermal metamaterial represents a groundbreaking approach to control heat conduction,
and, as a crucial component, thermal invisibility is of utmost importance for heat …