Abstract In 1987, Yablonovitch and John proposed an artificial dielectric structure known as
Photonic crystals (PhCs) consisting of periodic and random variation of the refractive index …

The recent progress on radiative cooling reveals its potential for applications in highly
efficient passive cooling. This approach utilizes the maximized emission of infrared thermal …

Passive radiative cooling (PRC) is the most promising technique to address future cooling
requirements as it cools a surface without any energy input by reflecting sunlight and …

We propose a dual-band metamaterial perfect absorber with a metal–insulator–metal
structure (MIM) for use in infrared (IR) stealth technology. We designed the MIM structure to …

The evolutionary structural optimization (ESO) method developed by Xie and Steven
(Comput Struct 49 (5): 885–896, 162), an important branch of topology optimization, has …

If properly designed, terrestrial structures can passively cool themselves through radiative
emission of heat to outer space. For the first time, we present a metal-dielectric photonic …

Saharan silver ants can maintain their body temperature below ambient air due to unique
triangular shaped hairs that enhance solar reflection and thermal emission through a …

Radiative cooling is an appealing heat exchange form based on thermal radiation from
terrestrial objects to outer space, which can be potentially applied to numerous cooling …

Mechanical properties of materials have long been one of the most fundamental and studied
areas of materials science for a myriad of applications. Recently, mechanical metamaterials …

Research into the three-dimensional nanostructuring of photopolymers by ultrashort laser
pulses has seen immense growth over the last decade. In this paper, we review the basic …