The tremendous amount of wasted heat from solar radiation and industry dissipation has
motivated the development of thermoelectric concepts that directly convert heat into …

The Soret effect describes diffusive motion that originates from a temperature gradient. It is
observed in mixtures of gases, liquids and even solids. Although there is a formal …

Cross phenomena, representing responses of a system to external stimuli, are ubiquitous
from quantum to macro scales. The Onsager theorem is often used to describe them, stating …

The most recent developments in the modelling of heating and evaporation of fuel droplets,
the results of which were published in 2014–2017, are reviewed, and the most important …

The optical manipulation of tiny objects is significant to understand and to explore the
unknown in the microworld, which has found many applications in materials science and life …

Ionic circuits using ions as charge carriers have demonstrated great potential for flexible and
bioinspired electronics. The emerging ionic thermoelectric (iTE) materials can generate a …

Abundant heat is generated in household, industry and natural processes, and the majority
of the heat is dissipated in the environment as waste heat owing to the low heat utilization …

In the wake of drawbacks of existing processes, electro chemical discharge machining
(ECDM) is an evolutionary method for the micromachining of glass. However, poor flushing …

Thermophoresis is the realization of the averaged Brownian motion of particles in a fluid,
which is subject to a steady temperature gradient. At sufficiently long times, the stronger …

Interest in the development and adoption of nonthermal technologies is burgeoning within
the food and bioprocess industry, the associated research community, and among the …