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7 September 2018 Biomimicry designs for passive optical solutions for nanoscale radiative cooling applications
Azadeh Didari, M. Pinar Mengüç
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Abstract
Inspired by the mechanism of the wings of Morpho butterfly, here we propose biomimicry designs which have the potential to be used for radiative cooling purposes. We numerically analyzed the spontaneous emission at near-field and determined radiative heat flux at nano-scale in order to investigate the impact of geometric variations and material selection in these systems. Our findings suggest that these metasurfaces which support phononic surface waves, can be used to tailor radiative heat transfer at nano-scale in the atmospheric transparency window (8-13 μm) within the infrared regime.
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Azadeh Didari and M. Pinar Mengüç "Biomimicry designs for passive optical solutions for nanoscale radiative cooling applications", Proc. SPIE 10731, Nanostructured Thin Films XI, 107310C (7 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320504
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KEYWORDS
Near field

Silicon carbide

Heat flux

Biomimetics

Near field optics

Finite-difference time-domain method

Nanostructures

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