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    Spectral Radiative Properties of Ceramic Particles for Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Storage Applications

    This work investigates the spectral radiative properties of ceramic particles using a monochromator and a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) with integrating spheres at wavelengths from 0.38 μm to ...

    Chuyang Chen, Chiyu Yang, Devesh Ranjan… in International Journal of Thermophysics (2020)

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    Spectral emittance measurements of micro/nanostructures in energy conversion: a review

    Micro/nanostructures play a key role in tuning the radiative properties of materials and have been applied to high-temperature energy conversion systems for improved performance. Among the various radiative pr...

    Shiquan Shan, Chuyang Chen, Peter G. Loutzenhiser, Devesh Ranjan… in Frontiers in Energy (2020)

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    Nonequilibrium Energy Transfer in Nanostructures

    This chapter begins with a description of the phenomenological theories in which the energy transport processes are represented by a single differential equation or a set of differential equations that can be ...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Radiative Properties of Nanomaterials

    This chapter starts with the radiative properties of a single layer with or without considering the wave interference effect. Partial coherence and the effect of surface scattering will be considered next. The...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Overview of Macroscopic Thermal Sciences

    This chapter provides a concise description of the basic concepts and theories underlying classical thermodynamics and heat transfer. Different approaches exist in presenting the subject of thermodynamics. Mos...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Kinetic Theory and Micro/Nanofluidics

    involves determination of the most probable state and equilibrium distributions, as well as evaluation of the thermodynamic properties in the equilibrium states. deals with the local average of particle...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Electron and Phonon Transport

    This chapter introduces electronic band theory after a brief discussion of electronic structures in atoms, binding in crystals, and crystal lattices. The phonon dispersion relations are presented subsequently ...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Fundamentals of Thermal Radiation

    This chapter contains an introduction to the electromagnetic wave theory, blackbody radiation, plane wave reflection, and refraction at the boundary between two semi-infinite media, evanescent waves and total ...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Near-Field Energy Transfer

    Near-field effects can realize emerging technologies, such as superlens, subwavelength light source, polariton-assisted biosensors, and energy conversion devices. The control of thermal radiative properties by...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Introduction

    Improvement of performance and shrinkage of device sizes in microelectronics have been major driving forces for scientific and economic progress over the past 40 years. Developments in semiconductor processing...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics and Quantum Theory

    This chapter starts with a statistical model of independent particles and a brief introduction to the basic principles of quantum mechanics. The three important distributions are derived based on the statistic...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Thermal Properties of Solids and the Size Effect

    This chapter focuses on simple phonon theory and electronic theory of the specific heat, thermal conductivity, and thermoelectricity of metals and insulators. The Boltzmann transport equation (BTE) has been us...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang in Nano/Microscale Heat Transfer (2020)

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    Design of Optical and Radiative Properties of Surfaces

    Tailoring optical and radiative properties has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to its importance in advanced energy systems, nanophotonics, electro-optics, and nanomanufacturing. Micro-...

    Bo Zhao, Zhuomin M. Zhang in Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering (2018)

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    Design of Optical and Radiative Properties of Surfaces

    Tailoring optical and radiative properties has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years due to its importance in advanced energy systems, nanophotonics, electro-optics, and nanomanufacturing. Micro-...

    Bo Zhao, Zhuomin M. Zhang in Handbook of Thermal Science and Engineering

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    Absorption Coefficients of Crystalline Silicon at Wavelengths from 500 nm to 1000 nm

    The absorption coefficient of single-crystal silicon is very important for applications in semiconductor processing and solar cells. However, large discrepancies exist in the literature about the absorption co...

    Han Wang, **anglei Liu, Zhuomin M. Zhang in International Journal of Thermophysics (2013)

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    Thermal radiative properties of metamaterials and other nanostructured materials: A review

    The ability to manufacture, control, and manipulate structures at extremely small scales is the hallmark of modern technologies, including microelectronics, MEMS/NEMS, and nano-biotechnology. Along with the ad...

    Ceji Fu, Zhuomin M. Zhang in Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China (2009)

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    Radiative properties of materials with surface scattering or volume scattering: A review

    Radiative properties of rough surfaces, particulate media and porous materials are important in thermal engineering and many other applications. These properties are often needed for calculating heat transfer ...

    Qunzhi Zhu, Hyun** Lee, Zhuomin M. Zhang in Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering … (2009)

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    A Computer Simulation of the Non-linearity Effect on FT-IR Measurements

    We have developed a computer simulation algorithm for quantitative examination of the errors induced in FT-IR measurements by non-linearity. Using this program, we have investigated the effect of non-linearity...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang, Leonard M. Hanssen in Progress in Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (1997)

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    A Procedure for Testing the Radiometric Accuracy of Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometers

    We present a simple procedure for evaluation of FT-IR radiometric accuracy, which incorporates the use of calibrated standard reference materials. It starts with the standard practice for testing the FT-IR perfor...

    Zhuomin M. Zhang, Leonard M. Hanssen… in Progress in Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (1997)