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Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth1,2, Qing Yang Steve Wu1, Sambhu Jana3,4

  • 1Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis #08-03, Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore. sreekanth@imre.a-star.edu.sg.

Nanoscale horizons
|August 15, 2025
PubMed
概括

研究人员使用Sb2S3.3等相变材料 (PCM) 开发了一种可调节的新型热发射器. 该设备允许对热发射的方向和光谱范围进行动态控制,这对于先进的智能热发射器至关重要.

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