Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

The coupled interactions among the fundamental carriers of charge, heat, and
electromagnetic fields at interfaces and boundaries give rise to energetic processes that …

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

The heat dissipation issue has now become one of the most important bottlenecks for power
electronics due to the rapid increase in power density and working frequency. Towards the …

Polaritons with directional in-plane propagation and ultralow losses in van der Waals (vdW)
crystals promise unprecedented manipulation of light at the nanoscale. However, these …

Improving heat dissipation in increasingly miniature microelectronic devices is a serious
challenge, as the thermal conduction in nanostructures is markedly reduced by increasingly …

Various methods for controlling the in-plane propagation direction and topological
transitions of phonon polaritons (PhPs) in anisotropic van der Waals (vdW) materials rely on …

Practical techniques to identify heat routes at the nanoscale are required for the thermal
control of microelectronic, thermoelectric, and photonic devices. Nanoscale thermometry …

Efficient heat dissipation in micro/nano electronics requires long-distance propagation of
heat carriers operated above room temperature. However, thermal phonons—the primary …

In recent years, there has been significant fundamental research into surface phonon
polaritons, owing to their ability to compress light to extremely small dimensions, low losses …