Fig. 1. Heterogeneous irradiated-pristine PE nanofiber junction as a nanoscale thermal diode.
a Schematic and b SEM image of the nanofiber junction suspended on the thermometer microdevice consisting of two measurement islands. Scale bar: 10 μm. As illustrated in a, one portion of the suspended nanofiber is exposed to e-beam irradiation from the back side of the thermometer microdevice to make the irradiated-pristine nanofiber junction. c Zoomed-in SEM image of the nanofiber junction in false colors: purple (irradiated section) and green (pristine crystalline section). Scale bar: 2 μm. d Influence of e-beam irradiation on the phase transition behavior of PE nanofibers. The error bar means the standard deviation of thermal conductance data from the Wheatstone measurement.
