Researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-11-solid-state-thermal-transistor.html

"on-off switching of electric field controls device's heat movement... incorporates field effect on charge dynamics at atomic interface allowing high performance using negligible power to switch and amplify heat flux continuously... switching speed of more than 1 MHz, or 1 M cycles/ sec... 1,300% tunability in thermal conductance and reliable performance for more than 1 M switching cycles... self-assembled molecular interface...switching on-off through third-terminal gate controls the thermal resistance"

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