Arizona State University μετα Thermal Radiation (ASU meta-TRad) Group

Prof. Liping Wang and Yue Yang attended the 13th International Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques, and delivered two presentations:

Wang, H., Yang, Y., and Wang, L.P., 2014, “Performance Analysis of Solar Thermophotovoltaic Conversion Enhanced by Selective Metamaterial Absorbers and Emitters,” The 13th International Conference on Near-Field Optics, Nanophotonics, and Related Techniques, Oral Presentation, Salt Lake City, UT,…

Thanks to the warm invitation from Profs. Kay Park and Mathieu Francoeur, Prof. Liping Wang gave a research seminar at the University of Utah on solar energy harvesting:

Congrats to Hao Wang and Yue Yang on their new APL publications!

Wang, H., Yang, Y., and Wang,* L.P., 2014, “Switchable Wavelength-Selective and Diffuse Metamaterial Absorber/Emitter with a Phase Transition Spacer Layer,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, p. 071907. [

Prof. Liping Wang and Hao Wang attended the  8th US-Japan Joint Seminar on Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, and presented two posters:

Yang, Y., and Wang, L.P., 2014, “Near-field Vacuum Thermal Transistor Made of Graphene-Covered Silicon Carbide Plates,”…

Prof. Liping Wang, Hao Wang, and Jui-Yung Chang attended the 2014 MRS Spring Conference in San Fransisco, CA, and delivered three poster presentations:

2014 MRS Wang-Wang_MP Light trapping (Poster)

2014 MRS Wang et al_Switchable and tunable VO2 MM (Poster)

2014 MRS Chang et al_Tungsten NW for NFR TPV (Poster)

Wang, H., O’Dea, K., and Wang,* L.P., 2014, “Selective Absorption of Visible Light in Film-Coupled Nanoparticles by Exciting Magnetic Resonance,” Optics Letters, Vol. 39, pp. 1457-1460. [pdf]

Abstract: We numerically demonstrate selective absorption of visible light in film-coupled nanoparticle metamaterials by excitation of magnetic resonance. The physical mechanism of magnetic…

Congrats to Hao for his very first journal publication of his PhD research on Optics Express! Well done! Look forward to more outstanding work from you!

Wang, H., and Wang,* L.P., 2013, “Perfect Selective Metamaterial Solar Thermal Absorbers,” Optics Express, Vol. 21, pp. A1078-A1093. pdf

Congrats to Yue for his very first journal publication of his PhD research on Applied Physics Letters! Well done! Look forward to more outstanding work from you!

Yang, Y., Basu, S., and Wang,* L.P., 2013, “Radiation-Based Near-Field Thermal Rectification with Phase Transition Materials,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 103, p. 163101.

Big congrats to Hao Wang and Yue Yang, who won student travel grant of $1000 to ASME IMECE Micro/Nano Technology Forum, to be held at San Dieo, Nov. 15-22, 2013.

They are among top 25% of 80 applications. Both of them will give poster presentations at the Micro Forum, in addition to their oral presentations at IMECE technical sessions, both as first authors of their work.

Wish both of them to do a great job in showcasing our research findings at IMECE 2013!

Dr. Wang visited Bruker’s AFM/SPM facility based on Santa Barbara. It is truly a great learning experience!