Energy transfer in small nano-sized systems can be very different from that in their
macroscopic counterparts due to reduced dimensionality, interaction with surfaces, disorder …

Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) governed by evanescent waves, provides a
platform to thoroughly understand the transport behavior of nonradiative photons, and also …

We demonstrate that a thermal transistor can be made up with a quantum system of three
interacting subsystems, coupled to a thermal reservoir each. This thermal transistor is …

Despite its strong potentials in emerging energy applications, near-field thermal radiation
between large planar structures has not been fully explored in experiments. Particularly, it is …

Using Rytov's fluctuational electrodynamics framework, Polder and Van Hove predicted that
radiative heat transfer between planar surfaces separated by a vacuum gap smaller than the …

Improving heat dissipation in increasingly miniature microelectronic devices is a serious
challenge, as the thermal conduction in nanostructures is markedly reduced by increasingly …

Near-field radiative heat transfer has recently attracted increasing interests for its
applications in energy technologies, such as thermophotovoltaics. Existing works, however …

Over the past decade, solid‐state thermal control devices have emerged as potential
candidates for enhanced thermal management and storage. They distinguish themselves …

Based on the thermal hysteresis of a phase change material exchanging radiative heat with
a phase invariable one, we propose a radiative thermal memristor characterized by a …

As is well-known, the phonon and electron thermal conductivity of a thin film generally
decreases as its thickness scales down to nanoscales due to size effects, which have …