Over the past two decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of plasmonic
nanoparticles as sources of heat remotely controlled by light, giving rise to the field of …

Photothermal anti-/de-icing materials (PA/DIMs) have attracted significant attention due to
their potential in addressing surface ice formation. To date, improved durability and harsh …

Unlike conventional optics, plasmonics enables unrivaled concentration of optical energy
well beyond the diffraction limit of light. However, a significant part of this energy is …

Radiative heat transfer in Ångström-and nanometre-sized gaps is of great interest because
of both its technological importance and open questions regarding the physics of energy …

Radiative heat transfer rates that exceed the blackbody limit by several orders of magnitude
are expected when the gap size between plane parallel surfaces is reduced to the …

A new approach is introduced to significantly improve the performance of
thermophotovoltaic (TPV) systems using low-dimensional thermal emitters and photovoltaic …

We report the fabrication of titanium nitride (TiN) films with the “best” plasmonic behavior
reported so far by the pulsed laser deposition method. Even though the deposition is done at …

Near-field thermophotovoltaics (NFTPV) is a promising approach for direct conversion of
heat to electrical power. This technology relies on the drastic enhancement of radiative heat …

Noble metals that currently dominate the fields of plasmonics and metamaterials suffer from
large ohmic losses. Some of the new plasmonic materials, such as doped oxides and …

In the past decade or two, the field of nanophotonics has seen rapid development,
empowered by introducing the concepts of plasmonics and metamaterials. The enabling …