Thermal rectifier

A thermal rectifier is a device that preferentially passes heat in one direction; a "one-way valve" for heat. The name is by analogy with an electrical rectifier, which performs a similar function for electric current.

See also

• Thermal conductivity

External links

• http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/24222/
• http://arxiv.org/abs/0910.1153
• http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0022-3727/3/9/316
• http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/17822/
• http://www.trnmag.com/Stories/2002/061202/One-way_heat_valve_possible_061202.html