Thermal Metamaterials
Artificial composite materials whose microstructural design yields thermal properties not found in natural materials, such as anisotropic thermal conductivity and negative thermal expansion coefficients. They are commonly used in thermal manipulation applications such as thermal cloaks.
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Thermal metamaterials are a class of artificial composite materials that achieve thermal properties not found in natural materials through microstructure design, such as anisotropic thermal conductivity and negative thermal expansion coefficients.
In thermal cloaks, thermal metamaterials need to possess a spatially varying thermal conductivity tensor, typically realized using alternating multilayer metal/dielectric structures or periodic hole structures.
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Thermal metamaterials are a class of artificial composite materials that achieve thermal properties not found in natural materials through microstructure design, such as anisotropic thermal conductivity and negative thermal expansion coefficients.
50%UnverifiedIn thermal cloaks, thermal metamaterials need to possess a spatially varying thermal conductivity tensor, typically realized using alternating multilayer metal/dielectric structures or periodic hole structures.
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