Publications on Google Scholar

2020

  • L. Cui, Y. Zhu, M. Abbasi, A. Ahmadivand, B. Gerislioglu, P. Nordlander, D. Natelson, "Electrically driven hot-carrier generation and above-threshold light emission in plasmonic tunnel junctions", arXiv:1912.05694 

2019

  • L. Cui, S. Hur, Z. A. Akbar, J. C. Klöckner, W. Jeong, F. Pauly, S.-Y. Jang, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer, "Thermal conductance of single-molecule junctions", Nature 572, 628–633 (2019).  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1420-z                

       – Abstract, PDF       

       – Press Release (U Michigan, Rice News), Physics Today

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  • H. Wu, Y. Huang, L. Cui, K. Zhu, "Active magneto-optical control of near-field radiative heat transfer between graphene sheets", Physical Review Applied 11(05), 054010 (2019).  DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.11.054020

       – Abstract, PDF

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  • L. Cui, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Experimental approaches for probing heat transfer and energy conversion at the atomic and molecular scale", Nanoscale Energy Transport (Book Chapter), IOP Publishing (2019).

2018

  • L. Cui, R. Miao, K. Wang, D. Thompson, L. A. Zotti, J. C. Cuevas, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Peltier cooling in molecular junctions", Nature Nanotechnology 13, 122-127 (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-017-0020-z

       – Abstract, PDF, Supplementary Materials

       – News & Views: “Molecular junction refrigerator", Featured in Editorial: “A Cool Paper"

       – Cover Story

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  • R. Miao, H. Xu, M. Skripnik, L. Cui, K. Wang, K. G. L. Pedersen, M. Leijnse, F. Pauly, K. Wärnmark, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, H. Linke, "Influence of quantum interference on the thermoelectric properties of molecular junctions", Nano Letters 18, 9, 5666-5672 (2018).  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b02207

       – Abstract, PDF

2017

  • L. Cui, W. Jeong, S. Hur, M. Matt, J. C. Klöckner, F. Pauly, P. Nielaba, J. C. Cuevas, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Quantized thermal transport in single-atom junctions", Science 355, 1192 (2017).  DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6622

       – Abstract, PDF, Supplementary Materials

       – Perspective: “Nanoscale transport: Probing the limits of heat flow”

       – Press Release (U Michigan News), DoE news, APS Editor's Choice

       – Youtube Video: "Measuring a Quantum of Thermal Conductance"

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  • L. Cui, W. Jeong, V. Fernández-Hurtado, J. Feist, F. J. García-Vidal, J. C. Cuevas, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Study of radiative heat transfer in Angstrom- and nanometer-sized gaps", Nature Communications 8, 14479 (2017).  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14479

       – Abstract 

       – PDF, Supplementary Materials

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  • L. Cui, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Thermal transport: Harmony with superatoms", Nature Materials (News & Views) 16, 10(2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4830

        – Abstract, PDF

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  • L. Cui, R. Miao, C. Jiang, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Perspective: Thermal and thermoelectric transport in molecular junctions", Journal of Chemical Physics, 146, 092201 (2017). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4976982

       – Abstract, PDF

2015

  • K. Kim, B. Song, V. Fernández-Hurtado, W. Lee, W. Jeong, L. Cui, D. Thompson, J. Feist, MT Homer Reid, F. J García-Vidal, J. C. Cuevas, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy, "Radiative heat transfer in the extreme near field", Nature 528, 387 (2015).  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature16070

       – Abstract, PDF, Supplementary Materials

       – Press Release (U Michigan News)

2013

  • L. Cui, Y. Huang, J. Wang, K. Y. Zhu, "Ultrafast modulation of near-field heat transfer with tunable metamaterials", Applied Physics Letters, 102, 053106 (2013).  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4790292

       – Abstract, PDF

2012

  • L. Cui, Y. Huang, J. Wang, "Near-field radiative heat transfer between chiral metamaterials", Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 084309 (2012). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4759055

       – Abstract, PDF