Nature Communications (Mar 2022)
Observation of solid-state bidirectional thermal conductivity switching in antiferroelectric lead zirconate (PbZrO3)
- Kiumars Aryana,
- John A. Tomko,
- Ran Gao,
- Eric R. Hoglund,
- Takanori Mimura,
- Sara Makarem,
- Alejandro Salanova,
- Md Shafkat Bin Hoque,
- Thomas W. Pfeifer,
- David H. Olson,
- Jeffrey L. Braun,
- Joyeeta Nag,
- John C. Read,
- James M. Howe,
- Elizabeth J. Opila,
- Lane W. Martin,
- Jon F. Ihlefeld,
- Patrick E. Hopkins
Affiliations
- Kiumars Aryana
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- John A. Tomko
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- Ran Gao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- Eric R. Hoglund
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Takanori Mimura
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Sara Makarem
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Alejandro Salanova
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Md Shafkat Bin Hoque
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- Thomas W. Pfeifer
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- David H. Olson
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- Jeffrey L. Braun
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- Joyeeta Nag
- Western Digital Corporation
- John C. Read
- Western Digital Corporation
- James M. Howe
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Elizabeth J. Opila
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- Lane W. Martin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
- Jon F. Ihlefeld
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Virginia
- Patrick E. Hopkins
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29023-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Materials with tunable thermal properties enable on-demand control of temperature and heat flow. Here, the authors demonstrate how thermal conductivity of an antiferroelectric solid can be bi-directionally switched to 10% lower and 25% higher values without any moving components.
