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In this work, the near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between two Weyl semimetal (WSM) nanoparticles (NPs) is investigated. The numerical results show that negative differential thermal conductance (NDTC) effect can be obtained in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-07 Yasong Sun , Yang Hu , Kezhang Shi , Jihong Zhang , Dudong Feng , Xiaohu Wu

We reinvestigate the mechanism of near-field heat transfer rectification between two Weyl semimetal nanoparticles and a planar Weyl semimetal substrate via the coupling to non-reciprocal surface modes. We first show that the previously…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-02 A. Naeimi , S. -A. Biehs

We present a thermal rectification device concept based on far-field radiative exchange between two selective emitters. Rectification is achieved due to the fact that one of the selective emitters radiative properties are independent on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-14 Elyes Nefzaoui , Jérémie Drevillon , Younès Ezzahri , Karl Joulain

Nonreciprocal thermal emission is a cutting-edge technology that enables fundamental control over thermal radiation and has exciting applications in thermal energy harvesting. However, so far one of the foremost challenges is making…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-03 A. Butler , C. Argyropoulos

In this paper, we explore the far-field radiative thermal rectification potential of common materials such as metals, dielectrics and doped semi-conductors using radiative and thermo-radiative properties extracted from literature. Ten…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Sreyash Sarkar , Elyes Nefzaoui , Philippe Basset , Tarik Bourouina

We demonstrate theoretically the non-reciprocal heating dynamics of two nanoparticles in the vicinity of a substrate all made of the ferromagnetic Weyl semi-metal Co$_3$Sn$_2$S$_2$. We show that the thermal routing effect is due to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-10 A. Naeimi , S. -A. Biehs

We demonstrate the possibility to rectify the nanoscale radiative heat flux between two nanoparticles by coupling them with the nonreciprocal surface modes of a magneto-optical substrate in a Voigt configuration. When the non-reciprocal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-30 Annika Ott , Riccardo Messina , Philippe Ben-Abdallah , Svend-Age Biehs

A thermal diode based on the asymmetric radiative heat transfer between nanoparticles assisted by the nonreciprocal graphene plasmons waveguides is proposed in this work. The thermal diode system consists of two particles and a drift-biased…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Yong Zhang , Cheng-Long Zhou , Hong-Liang Yi , He-Ping Tan

A novel photonic thermal diode concept operating in the near field and capitalizing on the temperature-dependence of coupled surface polariton modes in nanostructures is proposed. The diode concept utilizes terminals made of the same…

Optics · Physics 2017-10-24 Lei Tang , Mathieu Francoeur

We propose a mechanism to substantially rectify radiative heat flow by matching thin films of metal-to-insulator transition materials and polar dielectrics in the electromagnetic near field. By leveraging the distinct scaling behaviors of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-09 Qizhang Li , Haiyu He , Qun Chen , Bai Song

Similar to the diode in electronics, a thermal diode is a two-terminal device that allows heat to transfer easier in one direction (forward bias) than in the opposite direction (reverse bias). Unlike conductive and convective thermal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-08-17 Dudong Feng , Shannon K. Yee , Zhuomin M. Zhang

Hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) support propagating waves with arbitrarily large wavevectors over broad spectral ranges, and are uniquely valuable for engineering radiative thermal transport in the near field. Here, by employing a rational…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-04 Qizhang Li , Haiyu He , Qun Chen , Bai Song

We theoretically show quasiparticles-driven thermal diode effect (TDE) in an inversion symmetry-broken (ISB) Weyl superconductor (WSC)-Weyl semimetal (WSM)-WSC Josephson junction. A Zeeman field perpendicular to the WSM region of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-21 Pritam Chatterjee , Paramita Dutta

Radiative thermal diodes based on two-element structures rectify heat flows thanks to a temperature dependence of material optical properties. The heat transport asymmetry through these systems, however, remains weak without a significant…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-15 Ivan Latella , Philippe Ben-Abdallah , Moladad Nikbakht

Rectification of heat flow via a thermal diode is not only of fundamental interest, but can also enable a range of novel applications in thermal management and energy conversion. However, despite decades of extensive research, large…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-22 Qizhang Li , Qun Chen , Bai Song

Taking advantage of phase-transition and reconfigurable metamaterials, dynamic control of nanoscale thermal modulation can be achieved through the near-field radiative thermal rectification devices. In this work, an active-tuning near-field…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-06-01 Fangqi Chen , Xiaojie Liu , Yanpei Tian , Yi Zheng

When Casimir friction torque acts upon a rotated nanoparticle (NP), mechanical energy can be transformed into thermal energy, known as Casimir radiation, which significantly affects the thermal performance of nanoelectromechanical systems.…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-25 Yang Hu , Xiaohu Wu , Haotuo Liu , Mauro Antezza , Xiuquan Huang

Thermal rectification phenomenon is a manifestation of an asymmetry in the heat flux when the temperature difference between two interacting thermal reservoirs is reversed. In this letter, we present a far-field radiative thermal rectifier…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-14 Elyes Nefzaoui , Karl Joulain , Jérémie Drevillon , Younès Ezzahri

We study near-field radiative transfer of energy, angular momentum, and linear momentum between a nanoparticle and a plate consisting of magnetic Weyl semimetals, and demonstrate that these can be efficiently tuned by a relative angle…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-09 Huimin Zhu , Gaomin Tang , Lei Zhang , Jun Chen

Polariton manipulations introduce novel approaches to modulate the near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT). Our theoretical investigation in this study centers on NFRHT in graphene-covered Weyl semimetals (WSMs). Our findings indicate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-23 Yang Hu , Xiaohu Wu , Xiuquan Huang , Haotuo Liu , Mauro Antezza
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