Design for demonstration of a macroscopic thermal diode, conducting case; heat is conducted from left to right (top). Experimentally measured temperature distribution of the device (bottom).
From the article:
Temperature-Dependent Transformation Thermotics: From Switchable Thermal Cloaks to Macroscopic Thermal DiodesYing Li, Xiangying Shen, Zuhui Wu, Junying Huang, Yixuan Chen, Yushan Ni, and Jiping Huang
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 195503 (2015)
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