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thermal rectification: a standalone construct

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Heat transfer

direction-dependent heat conduction in which heat flows more easily one way through a material or junction than the other.

In heat transfer, thermal rectification refers to direction-dependent heat conduction in which heat flows more easily one way through a material or junction than the other. This meaning comes from Chang (2006) in Science.[1]

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References

Chang, C. W., Okawa, D., Majumdar, A., & Zettl, A. (2006). Solid-State Thermal Rectifier. Science, 314(5802), 1121-1124. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1132898

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