Physical mechanisms unique to plasmonic materials, which can be exploited for the existing
and emerging applications of plasmonics for renewable energy technologies, are reviewed …

We discuss the state-of-the-art and remaining challenges in the fundamental understanding
and technology development for controlling light-matter interactions in nanophotonic …

Radiative thermal transport via the fluctuating electromagnetic near-field has recently
attracted increasing attention due to its fundamental importance and its impact on a range of …

Recently, several reports have experimentally shown near-field radiative heat transfer
(NFRHT) exceeding the far-field blackbody limit between planar surfaces,,,–. However …

Near-field radiative heat transfer (NFRHT) between dissimilar materials supporting surface
polaritons in the infrared is of critical importance for applications such as photonic thermal …

The objective of this work is to evaluate different practically achievable doped-silicon (D-Si)
nanostructured metamaterials (including nanowires and nanoholes, multilayers, and one …

We present a formulation of the nanoscale radiative heat transfer using concepts of
mesoscopic physics. We introduce the analog of the Sharvin conductance using the …

In this paper, thermal rectification phenomena from thermochromic materials are studied. A
near-field thermal rectification structure consisting of two bulks separated by a vacuum gap …

The properties of thermal radiation exchange between hot and cold objects can be strongly
modified if they interact in the near field where electromagnetic coupling occurs across gaps …

Based on the scattering theory, simultaneously enhanced energy transport and suppressed
momentum exchange are demonstrated by patterning doped-silicon surfaces in the near …