Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials

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Main Authors: Yang, Fubao, Zhang, Zeren, Xu, Liujun, Liu, Zhoufei, Jin, Peng, Zhuang, Pengfei, Lei, Min, Liu, Jinrong, Jiang, Jian-Hua, Ouyang, Xiaoping, Marchesoni, Fabio, Huang, Jiping
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author Yang, Fubao
Zhang, Zeren
Xu, Liujun
Liu, Zhoufei
Jin, Peng
Zhuang, Pengfei
Lei, Min
Liu, Jinrong
Jiang, Jian-Hua
Ouyang, Xiaoping
Marchesoni, Fabio
Huang, Jiping
author_facet Yang, Fubao
Zhang, Zeren
Xu, Liujun
Liu, Zhoufei
Jin, Peng
Zhuang, Pengfei
Lei, Min
Liu, Jinrong
Jiang, Jian-Hua
Ouyang, Xiaoping
Marchesoni, Fabio
Huang, Jiping
contents Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of energy and mass transport, which inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical foundations and application prospects. Compared with conventional schemes, metamaterials provide an unprecedented potential for governing diffusion processes, based on emerging theories like the transformation and the scattering cancellation theory, which enormously expanded the original concepts and suggest innovative metamaterial-based devices. We hereby use the term "diffusionics" to generalize these remarkable achievements in various energy (e.g., heat) and mass (e.g., particles and plasmas) diffusion systems. For clarity, we categorize the numerous studies appeared during the last decade by diffusion field (i.e., heat, particles, and plasmas) and discuss them from three different perspectives: the theoretical perspective, to detail how the transformation principle is applied to each diffusion field; the application perspective, to introduce various intriguing metamaterial-based devices, such as cloaks and radiative coolers; and the physics perspective, to connect with concepts of recent concern, such as non-Hermitian topology, nonreciprocal transport, and spatiotemporal modulation. We also discuss the possibility of controlling diffusion processes beyond metamaterials. Finally, we point out several future directions for diffusion metamaterial research, including the integration with artificial intelligence and topology concepts.
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spellingShingle Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials
Yang, Fubao
Zhang, Zeren
Xu, Liujun
Liu, Zhoufei
Jin, Peng
Zhuang, Pengfei
Lei, Min
Liu, Jinrong
Jiang, Jian-Hua
Ouyang, Xiaoping
Marchesoni, Fabio
Huang, Jiping
Applied Physics
Diffusion driven by temperature or concentration gradients is a fundamental mechanism of energy and mass transport, which inherently differs from wave propagation in both physical foundations and application prospects. Compared with conventional schemes, metamaterials provide an unprecedented potential for governing diffusion processes, based on emerging theories like the transformation and the scattering cancellation theory, which enormously expanded the original concepts and suggest innovative metamaterial-based devices. We hereby use the term "diffusionics" to generalize these remarkable achievements in various energy (e.g., heat) and mass (e.g., particles and plasmas) diffusion systems. For clarity, we categorize the numerous studies appeared during the last decade by diffusion field (i.e., heat, particles, and plasmas) and discuss them from three different perspectives: the theoretical perspective, to detail how the transformation principle is applied to each diffusion field; the application perspective, to introduce various intriguing metamaterial-based devices, such as cloaks and radiative coolers; and the physics perspective, to connect with concepts of recent concern, such as non-Hermitian topology, nonreciprocal transport, and spatiotemporal modulation. We also discuss the possibility of controlling diffusion processes beyond metamaterials. Finally, we point out several future directions for diffusion metamaterial research, including the integration with artificial intelligence and topology concepts.
title Controlling mass and energy diffusion with metamaterials
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04711