The field of thermoelectric research has undergone a renaissance and boom in the past two
and a half decades, largely fueled by the prospect of engineering electronic and phononic …

Plasmonic nanostructures have attracted considerable attention for their ability to couple
with light and provide strong electromagnetic energy confinement at subwavelength …

Surface waves can lead to intriguing transport phenomena. In particular, surface phonon
polaritons (SPhPs), which result from coupling between infrared light and optical phonons …

Thermoelectrics operating at high temperature can cost-effectively convert waste heat and
compete with other zero-carbon technologies. Among different high-temperature …

Organic-inorganic hybrids have recently emerged as a class of high-performing
thermoelectric materials that are lightweight and mechanically flexible. However, the …

Silver nanowires have been widely adopted as nanofillers in composite materials used for
various applications. Electrical and thermal properties of these composites are critical for …

Van der Waals (vdW) crystals with covalently bonded building blocks assembled together
through vdW interactions have attracted tremendous attention recently because of their …

Nanoscale structures can produce extreme strain that enables unprecedented material
properties, such as tailored electronic bandgap,,,–, elevated superconducting temperature …

Tailoring heat flow in solids has profound implications for the innovation of functional
thermal devices. However, the current methods face technological challenges related to …

Silicon carbide (SiC) aims to be the number one material for power microelectronics due to
its remarkable thermal properties. Recent progress in SiC technology finally enabled the …