Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Laboratory

 

Acknowledgments

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

 

 

Current Project:

• Thermal Rectification Enabled by Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer

 

Completed Projects:

• Investigation of Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Controlling Thermal Emission and Absorption

• Development of Wavelength Selective Emitters and Absorbers with Microfabricated Complex Gratings

• Near-Field Thermal Radiation from a Heated Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Tip (PI: King, co-PI: Zhang)

• Roughness Dependent Radiative Properties of Silicon-Based Thin Films (PI: Hsu; subcontractor/collaborator: Zhang)

• PECASE: Spectral Directional Radiative Properties of Rough Si at Elevated Temperatures

• Advanced Measurement Techniques for Emerging Technologies in Thermal Engineering (PI: Hahn; co-PIs: Chung, Zhang, and Seraphine)

• Radiative Properties and Optical Response of High-Temperature Superconducting Thin-Film Materials and Devices (PI: Tanner; Original PI: Zhang and co-PI: Tanner)

• Thermo-Optical Response of High-Temperature Superconducting Films (PI: Zhang; co-PI: Tanner)

 

 

Department of Energy (DoE)

 

Current Project:

• Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties with Doped-Silicon Nanowires

Completed Project:

• Measurement of Near-Field Thermal Radiation between Flat Surfaces with a Nanogap, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

• Thermal Emission Control Using Modified One-Dimensional Photonic Crystals, Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Office of Basic Energy Sciences

 

Air Force Research Lab (AFRL, Dayton, OH)

 

Current Project:

• Thermal Emission Control Using Nanostructured Materials, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL, Wright Patterson AFB, OH

 

 

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

 

Selected Projects:

• Investigation of Optical Properties of Materials for Test Standards

• Optical Property Modeling for the Emittance Standards Initiative

• Advanced Optical Materials Properties Modeling for Rapid Thermal Processing

• Development of Radiative Heat Transfer Tools for Semiconductor Processing

• Thermal Modeling for Temperature Measurement in Rapid Thermal Processing

• Thermal Analysis and Design of Cryogenic and Solar Radiometers

• Thermal Modeling and Design of Pulsed UV Laser Calorimeters

• Thermal Characterization of Cryogenic Radiometers and Measurement of Optical Properties

• Thermal-Opto-Electrical Modeling of a Cryogenic Laser Radiometer

• Development of Neutral Density Filters and Infrared Radiometers

 

 

Georgia Research Alliance Innovation Grant and Altea Therapeutics Corp.

• Mechanism of Thermal Microporation of Skin Using a Hot-Filament Technology for Transdermal Drug Delivery (PI: Karlsson; co-PI: Zhang)

 

 

Char-Broil, LLC of Columbus, Georgia

• Study of Radiative Heat Distribution from Multiple Sources in Food Cooking Appliances

 

 

TeraComm Research, Inc.

• Radiative Property Modeling of High-Temperature Superconducting Films

  

 

Mattson Technology, Inc.

• Radiative Property Measurements in Rapid Thermal Processing

 

 

Georgia Institute of Technology

• Focused Research Program in Temperature and Thermal Property Measurements at Micro/Nano-scales

 

 

University of Florida

§        Interdisciplinary Research Initiative Award

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