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Negative differential thermal resistance and thermal transistor (Articolo in rivista)

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Negative differential thermal resistance and thermal transistor (Articolo in rivista) (literal)

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Li, BW; Wang, L; Casati, G (2006)
Negative differential thermal resistance and thermal transistor
in Applied physics letters
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Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Phys, Singapore 117546, Singapore; Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Computat Sci & Engn, Singapore 117542, Singapore; Nanjing Univ, Inst Acoust, Lab Modern Acoust, Nanjing 210093, Peoples R China; NUS, Grad Sch Integrat Sci & Engn, Singapore 117597, Singapore; Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Phys, Singapore 117546, Singapore; Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Computat Sci & Engn, Singapore 117542, Singapore; Univ Insubria, Int Ctr Nonlinear & Complex Syst, I-22100 Como, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy; INFM, Unita Como, I-22100 Como, Italy (literal)

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We report on the first model of a thermal transistor to control heat flow. Like its electronic counterpart, our thermal transistor is a three-terminal device with the important feature that the current through the two terminals can be controlled by small changes in the temperature or in the current through the third terminal. This control feature allows us to switch the device between 'off' (insulating) and 'on' (conducting) states or to amplify a small current. The thermal transistor model is possible because of the negative differential thermal resistance. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics. (literal)

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