Researcher construct invisibility cloak for thermal flow
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the propagation of heat. A structured plate of copper and silicon conducts heat around a central area without the edge being affected. The results are presented in the Physical Review Letters journal.