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SUBMITTER: Wang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474737 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20170613
Thermal rectification is a fundamental phenomenon for active heat flow control. Significant thermal rectification is expected to exist in the asymmetric nanostructures, such as nanowires and thin films. As a one-atom-thick membrane, graphene has attracted much attention for realizing thermal rectification as shown by many molecular dynamics simulations. Here, we experimentally demonstrate thermal rectification in various asymmetric monolayer graphene nanostructures. A large thermal rectification ...[more]