Robustly printable freeform thermal metamaterials

Wei Sha; Mi Xiao; Jinhao Zhang; Xuecheng Ren; Zhan Zhu; Yan Zhang; Guoqiang Xu; Huagen Li; Xiliang Liu; Xia Chen; Liang Gao; Cheng-Wei Qiu; Run Hu

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-27543-7

Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Robustly printable freeform thermal metamaterials

Wei Sha,
Mi Xiao,
Jinhao Zhang,
Xuecheng Ren,
Zhan Zhu,
Yan Zhang,
Guoqiang Xu,
Huagen Li,
Xiliang Liu,
Xia Chen,
Liang Gao,
Cheng-Wei Qiu,
Run Hu

Affiliations

Wei Sha: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mi Xiao: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jinhao Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Xuecheng Ren: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Zhan Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yan Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Guoqiang Xu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Huagen Li: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Xiliang Liu: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Xia Chen: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Liang Gao: State Key Laboratory of Digital Manufacturing Equipment and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Cheng-Wei Qiu: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
Run Hu: State Key Laboratory of Coal Combustion, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27543-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Thermal metamaterials can be used to manipulate heat flow but experimental fabrication is challenging. Here, the authors report robustly printable freeform thermal metamaterials to tackle this challenge by topology optimization and 3D printing.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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