3 papers
physics.app-ph2025
Ultrawhite structural starch film for sustainable cooling
Yang Liu, Andrew Caratenuto, Xuguang Zhang +4
Reducing human reliance on high-electricity-consuming cooling technologies like air conditioning is crucial for reshaping the global energy paradigm. Through utilizing natural star…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Flexible Tuning of Asymmetric Near-field Radiative Thermal Transistor by Utilizing Distinct Phase Change Materials
Hexiang Zhang, Xuguang Zhang, Fangqi Chen +2
Phase change materials (PCMs) play a pivotal role in the development of advanced thermal devices due to their reversible phase transitions, which drastically modify their thermal a…
physics.optics2025
Twist-induced near-field radiative thermal regulator assisted by cylindrical surface modes
Jian-You Wang, Yong Zhang, Xiao-Ping Luo +2
Near-field radiative heat transfer (RHT) can surpass Planck's blackbody limit by several orders of magnitude due to the tunneling effect of thermal photons. The ability to understa…