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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