Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool (IMAGE)

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

Surface waves can help nanostructured devices keep their cool

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A research team led by the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo finds that hybrid surface waves called surface phonon-polaritons can conduct heat away from nanoscale material structures

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Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo

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