Heat flux splitter for near-field thermal radiation

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a method to actively control and split near-field heat flux between graphene nano-disks by tuning their doping levels, enabling advanced thermal management in nanostructure networks.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach to manipulate near-field heat flux directionality using doping adjustments in graphene nano-disks.

Findings

Heat flux can be efficiently split by doping tuning.

Active control of heat propagation directions is achievable.

Potential for integrated nanostructure thermal management.

Abstract

We demonstrate the possibility to efficiently split the near-field heat flux exchanged between graphene nano-disks by tuning their doping. This result paves the way for the developement of an active control of propagation directions for heat fluxes exchanged in near-field throughout integrated nanostructures networks.