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Extreme thermal anisotropy in high-aspect-ratio titanium nitride nanostructures for efficient photothermal heating

Journal

NANOPHOTONICS
Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 1487-1494

Publisher

WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2020-0569

Keywords

effective medium theory; nanostructure; photothermal effect; surface plasmon; transition metal nitride

Funding

  1. PRESTO Thermal Science and Control of Spectral Energy Transport [JPMJPR19I2]
  2. Kakenhi from JSPS, Japan [17H04801]
  3. TEPCO Memorial Foundation
  4. Japan Association for Chemical Innovation
  5. Independent Research Fund Denmark, DFF Research Project 2 PhotoHub [8022-00387B]
  6. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H04801] Funding Source: KAKEN

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High-aspect-ratio TiN nanostructures with subwavelength periodicities have been shown to significantly increase photothermal temperature, attributed to their extremely anisotropic effective thermal conductivities. These nanostructures could potentially be applied in various fields, such as solar heating, chemical reactions, and microfluidics.
High optical absorptivity or a large absorption cross-section is necessary to fully utilize the irradiation of light for photothermal heating. Recently, titanium nitride (TiN) nanostructures have been demonstrated to be robust optical absorbers in the optical range owing to their non-radiative decay processes enhanced by broad plasmon resonances. Because the photothermally generated heat dissipates to the surroundings, suppressing heat transfer from TiN nanostructures is crucial for maximizing the photothermal temperature increase. In the current work, compared to the planar TiN film, high-aspect-ratio TiN nanostructures with subwavelength periodicities have been demonstrated to enhance the photothermal temperature increase by a 100-fold using nanotube samples. The reason is attributed to the extremely anisotropic effective thermal conductivities. Our work has revealed that high-aspect-ratio TiN nanostructures are effective in improving photothermal heating, and they can be used in various applications, such as solar heating, chemical reactions, and microfluidics.

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