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Control of the Radiative Heat Transfer in a Pair of Rotating Nanostructures
Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 133605 – Published 30 March, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.133605
Abstract
The fluctuations of the electromagnetic field are at the origin of the near-field radiative heat transfer between nanostructures, as well as the Casimir forces and torques that they exert on each other. Here, working within the formalism of fluctuational electrodynamics, we investigate the simultaneous transfer of energy and angular momentum in a pair of rotating nanostructures. We demonstrate that, due to the rotation of the nanostructures, the radiative heat transfer between them can be increased, decreased, or even reversed with respect to the transfer that occurs in the absence of rotation, which is solely determined by the difference in the temperature of the nanostructures. This work unravels the unintuitive phenomena arising from the simultaneous transfer of energy and angular momentum in pairs of rotating nanostructures.
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Spinning Heat in Reverse
When spun fast enough, a cold object can transfer heat to a nearby hot object.
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