Linxiao Zhu

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Research Summary

Zhu's research involves understanding the fundamentals of how light and heat can be controlled using nanostructured materials, as well as using the knowledge to advance energy efficiency and develop clean energy. His work includes controlling thermal radiation by taking advantage of the strong light-material interaction at the nanoscale. By using nanostructures with feature sizes comparable to the wavelength of this light, various properties of heat and light, such as spectrum, direction, intensity and many others, can be designed and tailored, leading to great opportunities for energy and thermal applications.

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Projects

Recent Publications

Broadband Nonreciprocal Thermal Emission

Zhang, Z. & Zhu, L., Jan 2023, In: Physical Review Applied. 19, 1, 014013.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Concentrated radiative cooling and its constraint from reciprocity

Dong, M., Zhu, L., Jiang, B., Fan, S. & Chen, Z., Jan 3 2022, In: Optics Express. 30, 1, p. 275-285 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Nonreciprocal Thermal Photonics for Energy Conversion and Radiative Heat Transfer

Zhang, Z. & Zhu, L., Jul 2022, In: Physical Review Applied. 18, 2, 027001.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Near-field thermophotovoltaics for efficient heat to electricity conversion at high power density

Mittapally, R., Lee, B., Zhu, L., Reihani, A., Lim, J. W., Fan, D., Forrest, S. R., Reddy, P. & Meyhofer, E., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 4364.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements

Reddy, H., Wang, K., Kudyshev, Z., Zhu, L., Yan, S., Vezzoli, A., Higgins, S. J., Gavini, V., Boltasseva, A., Reddy, P., Shalaev, V. M. & Meyhofer, E., Jul 24 2020, In: Science. 369, 6502, p. 423-426 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Nanoscale radiative thermal switching via multi-body effects

Thompson, D., Zhu, L., Meyhofer, E. & Reddy, P., Feb 1 2020, In: Nature nanotechnology. 15, 2, p. 99-104 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Simultaneously and Synergistically Harvest Energy from the Sun and Outer Space

Chen, Z., Zhu, L., Li, W. & Fan, S., Jan 16 2019, In: Joule. 3, 1, p. 101-110 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Author Correction: Hundred-fold enhancement in far-field radiative heat transfer over the blackbody limit (Nature, (2018), 561, 7722, (216-221), 10.1038/s41586-018-0480-9)

Thompson, D., Zhu, L., Mittapally, R., Sadat, S., Xing, Z., McArdle, P., Qazilbash, M. M., Reddy, P. & Meyhofer, E., Mar 21 2019, In: Nature. 567, 7748, p. E12

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Near field based energy applications – thermophotovoltaics and photonic refrigeration by controlling the chemical potential of photons

Zhu, L., Fiorino, A., Thompson, D., Mittapally, R., Meyhofer, E. & Reddy, P., 2019, In: International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics. p. 1068 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Near-field photonic cooling through control of the chemical potential of photons

Zhu, L., Fiorino, A., Thompson, D., Mittapally, R., Meyhofer, E. & Reddy, P., Feb 14 2019, In: Nature. 566, 7743, p. 239-244 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A Thermal Diode Based on Nanoscale Thermal Radiation

Fiorino, A., Thompson, D., Zhu, L., Mittapally, R., Biehs, S. A., Bezencenet, O., El-Bondry, N., Bansropun, S., Ben-Abdallah, P., Meyhofer, E. & Reddy, P., Jun 26 2018, In: ACS nano. 12, 6, p. 5174-5179 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Giant Enhancement in Radiative Heat Transfer in Sub-30 nm Gaps of Plane Parallel Surfaces

Fiorino, A., Thompson, D., Zhu, L., Song, B., Reddy, P. & Meyhofer, E., Jun 13 2018, In: Nano letters. 18, 6, p. 3711-3715 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Nanogap near-field thermophotovoltaics

Fiorino, A., Zhu, L., Thompson, D., Mittapally, R., Reddy, P. & Meyhofer, E., Sep 1 2018, In: Nature nanotechnology. 13, 9, p. 806-811 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

Hundred-fold enhancement in far-field radiative heat transfer over the blackbody limit

Thompson, D., Zhu, L., Mittapally, R., Sadat, S., Xing, Z., McArdle, P., Qazilbash, M. M., Reddy, P. & Meyhofer, E., Sep 13 2018, In: Nature. 561, 7722, p. 216-221 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Theory of many-body radiative heat transfer without the constraint of reciprocity

Zhu, L., Guo, Y. & Fan, S., Mar 7 2018, In: Physical Review B. 97, 9, 094302.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review