Jose Ordonez-Miranda

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a thermal transistor can be made up with a quantum system of three interacting subsystems, coupled to a thermal reservoir each, and high amplification can be obtained in a wide range of energy parameters and temperatures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the state of the art of nanophononics, describing the recent achievements and the open challenges in nanoscale heat transport, coherent phonon generation and exploitation, and in nano- and optomechanics.

TL;DR: The modified effective medium approximation model proposed by Minnich and Chen [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 073105 (2007)] for the thermal conductivity of nanocomposites is extended for spheroidal inclusions in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, a system formed by a semi-infinite layer in contact with a finite one, that is excited by a modulated heat source is studied, and it is shown that a frequency range can be found in which the amplitude and phase of the spatial component of the oscillatory surface temperature show strong oscillations when the thermal relaxation time of the finite layer is close to its thermalization time.

TL;DR: It is shown that the rectification ability of the diode increases with the excitation frequencies difference, which drives the asymmetry of the heat current, when the temperatures of the thermal baths are inverted.