Many-body physics aims to understand emergent properties of systems made of many
interacting objects. This review examines recent progress on the topic of radiative heat …

Recent advances in nanofabrication and characterization technologies have spurred many
breakthroughs in the field of optical metamaterials and metasurfaces that provide novel …

Thermophotovoltaic approaches that take advantage of near-field evanescent modes are
being actively explored due to their potential for high-power density and high-efficiency …

Conversion of heat to electricity via solid-state devices is of great interest and has led to
intense research of thermoelectric materials,. Alternative approaches for solid-state heat-to …

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 …

Heat pipes are becoming gradually more popular as a passive heat transfer technology due
to their effective performance. The heat pipe heat exchanger (HPHE) is an effective tool in …

Right after the first edition was published in 2007, I was invited to give seminars at a number
of universities in several countries. At that time, many people considered nanotechnology …

Energy transferred via thermal radiation between two surfaces separated by nanometer
distances can be much larger than the blackbody limit. However, realizing a scalable …

This article provides an in-depth review of charge transport models utilized to analyze the
performance of near-field thermophotovoltaic (NF-TPV) devices, and a comprehensive …

Direct conversion of heat to electricity via solid-state approaches is a rapidly advancing area
of research owing to its prospective use in recovering waste heat and in energy storage and …