Graphene-based thermal repeater

In this Letter, we have demonstrated the possibility to efficiently relay the radiative heat flux between two nanoparticles by opening a smooth channel for heat transfer. By coating the nanoparticles with a silica shell and modifying the substrate with multilayered graphene sheets, respectively, the...

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Published in:Applied physics letters 2019-12, Vol.115 (26)
Main Authors: He, Ming-Jian, Qi, Hong, Ren, Ya-Tao, Zhao, Yi-Jun, Antezza, Mauro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Atomic Physics
Condensed Matter
Graphene
Heat flux
Heat transfer
Nanoparticles
Optics
Physics
Polaritons
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
Relay
Silicon dioxide
Substrates
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Summary:In this Letter, we have demonstrated the possibility to efficiently relay the radiative heat flux between two nanoparticles by opening a smooth channel for heat transfer. By coating the nanoparticles with a silica shell and modifying the substrate with multilayered graphene sheets, respectively, the localized phonon polaritons excited near the nanoparticles can couple with the multiple surface plasmon polaritons near the substrate to realize the heat relay at a long distance. The heat transfer can be enhanced by more than six orders of magnitude, and the relay distance can be as high as 35 times in the far-field regime. This work may provide a way to realize the energy modulation or thermal communications especially at long distances.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.5132995