It is one of the humans’ desired goals that we want to precisely control the heat transport as the level as that we can control the electrical current. However, a high-performance thermal rectifier or ...

New technology from University of Houston researchers could improve the way devices manage heat, thanks to a technique that allows heat to flow in only one direction. The innovation is known as ...

University of Houston researchers have developed a new way to make heat flow in only one direction, giving engineers unprecedented control over device temperatures. The technique, known as thermal ...

Researchers have developed a method to control the direction of heat flow in crystals. This miniature device could eventually be used to create advanced thermal-management systems in electronic ...

Schematic diagram of the coordinate transformation process in cylinder structure. (A), (D), (C), and (F) Cartesian coordinates. (B) and (E) Curvilinear coordinates. The red lines denote isotherms.

In vehicle electrical systems, a high- to low-voltage DC/DC converter is a reversible electronic device that changes the DC from the vehicle’s high-voltage (400 V or 800 V) battery to a lower DC ...

(Nanowerk News) Unwanted heating of electronic components hinders the performance of many devices. For example, the processing speed and memory available to silicon-based computer chips depend ...