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HEAT SWITCH AND MODULATOR: A MODEL OF THERMAL TRANSISTOR

Department of Physics and Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore

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BAOWEN LI

Department of Physics and Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979207045128Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A model of a thermal transistor to control heat flow is reported. Like its electronic counterpart, the thermal transistor is a three-terminal device with the important feature that the heat current through two terminals can be switched or modulated by the temperature of the third terminal. The thermal transistor model is possible because of the negative differential thermal resistance.

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