Thermal Metamaterial: Fundamental, Application, and Outlook

Summary: Thermal metamaterials have amazing properties in heat transfer beyond naturally occurring materials owing to their well-designed artificial structures. The idea of thermal metamaterial has completely subverted the design of thermal functional devices and makes it possible to manipulate heat...

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Main Authors: Jun Wang, Gaole Dai, Jiping Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220308294
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Summary:Summary: Thermal metamaterials have amazing properties in heat transfer beyond naturally occurring materials owing to their well-designed artificial structures. The idea of thermal metamaterial has completely subverted the design of thermal functional devices and makes it possible to manipulate heat flow at will. In this perspective, we review the up-to-date progress of thermal metamaterials starting from 2008. We focus on both the key theoretical fundamentals and techniques for applications and give a perspective of scale-based classification on thermal metamaterials' theories and applications. We also discuss the junction between macroscale and microscale design methods and propose some prospects for the future trend of this field.
ISSN:2589-0042