3 papers
physics.app-ph2026
On-demand thermal power amplification enabled by active heat -switching
Qian Ye, Aleida Machorro-Ortiz, William Schmid +3
Thermal management underpins essentially every energy technology, from solar harvesters and waste-heat recovery to industrial process heating and electronic cooling. Yet, thermal s…
physics.chem-ph2026
Temporally Distinguishing Photocatalytic Dynamics
Catherine J. Fabiano, Shan Deneen, Yigao Yuan +4
Light can induce both photothermal and nonthermal catalytic activity in plasmonic nanoparticles, but the extent, timescale, and efficacy of these two mechanisms remain unresolved.…
physics.optics2025
Optical and electrical probing of plasmonic metal-molecule interactions
Andrei Stefancu, Wenxuan Tang, Ming Fu +9
Plasmonic nanostructures enable efficient light-to-energy conversion by concentrating optical energy into nanoscale volumes. A key mechanism in this process is chemical interface d…