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2025
18. J. H. Zhang, R. Mittapally, A. Oluwade, G. Chen. Mechanisms and scale-up potential of 3D solar interfacial-evaporators. Energy & Environmental Science, 18, 5524-5538 (2025)
17. J. H. Zhang, R. Mittapally, G. Lv, G. Chen. Superthermal solar interfacial evaporation is not due to reduced latent heat of water. Energy & Environmental Science, 18, 1707-1721 (2025)
2024
16. J. W. Lim, A. Majumder, R. Mittapally, A. R. Gutierrez, Y. Luan, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. A nanoscale photonic thermal transistor for sub-second heat flow switching. Nature Communications, 15, 5584 (2024)
15. Y. Luan, S. Yan, K. Panda, A. Majumder, J. Guan, R. Mittapally, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. The metal-insulator transition in vanadium oxide nanofilms enables micro-kelvin resolution thermometry. Nano Letters, 24 (23), 7048-7054 (2024)
14. K. Panda*, R. Mittapally*, P. Reddy, S. Yadlapalli, E. Meyhofer. Micro-kelvin temperature stable system for biocalorimetry applications. Review of Scientific Instruments, 95(3), 034902 (2024) (* equal contribution)
13. S. Yan, Y. Luan, J. W. Lim, R. Mittapally, A. Reihani, Z. Wang, Y. Tsurimaki, S. Fan, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Surface phonon polariton-mediated near-field radiative heat transfer at cryogenic temperatures. Physical Review Letters, 131 (19), 196302 (2023)
2023
12. R. Mittapally*, #, J. W. Lim*, P. Reddy#, E. Meyhofer#, B. Song#. Quantifying the effect of nanofilms on near-field radiative heat transfer. ACS Photonics, 10 (8), 2474–2480 (2023). (co-corresponding author)
11. A. Majumder, D. Thompson, R. Mittapally, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Quantifying the spatial distribution of radiative heat transfer in subwavelength planar nanostructures. ACS Photonics, 10 (4), 1144–1149 (2023)
10. R. Mittapally, A. Majumder, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion: progress and opportunities. Physical Review Applied, 19 (3), 037002 (2023)
9. R. Mittapally, J. W. Lim, L. Zhang, O. Miller, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Probing the limits to near-field heat transfer enhancements in phonon-polaritonic materials. Nano Letters, 23 (6), 2187-2194 (2023)
2022
8. L. Garcia, D. Thompson, R. Mittapally, N. Agrait, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. Enhancement and saturation of near-field radiative heat transfer in nanogaps between metallic surfaces. Physical Review Letters, 129 (14), 145901 (2022)
2021
7. R. Mittapally*, B. Lee*, L. Zhu, A. Reihani, J. W. Lim, D. Fan, S. R. Forrest, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Near-field thermophotovoltaics for efficient heat to electricity conversion at high power density. Nature Communications, 12, 4364 (2021) (* equal contribution)
6. A. Reihani, S. Yan, Y. Luan, R. Mittapally, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. Quantifying the temperature of heated microdevices using scanning thermal probes. Applied Physics Letters, 118, 163102 (2021)
2020
5. S. Hur*, R. Mittapally* (co-first author), S. Yadlapalli, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Sub-nanowatt resolution direct calorimetry for probing real time metabolic activity of individual C. elegans worms. Nature Communications, 11, 2983 (2020) (* equal contribution)
2019
4. L. Zhu, A. Fiorino, D. Thompson, R. Mittapally, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. Near-field photonic cooling through control of the chemical potential of photons. Nature, 566, 239-244 (2019)
2018
3. D. Thompson, L. Zhu, R. Mittapally, S. Sadat, Z. Xing, P. McArdle, M. M. Qazilbash, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Hundred-fold enhancement in far-field radiative heat transfer over the blackbody limit. Nature, 561, 216-221 (2018)
2. A. Fiorino*, L. Zhu*, D. Thompson, R. Mittapally, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Nanogap near-field thermophotovoltaics. Nature Nanotechnology, 13, 806-811 (2018)
1. A. Fiorino, D. Thompson, L. Zhu, R. Mittapally, SA. Biehs, O. Bezencenet, N. El-Bondry, S. Bansropun, P. Ben-Abdallah, E. Meyhofer, P. Reddy. A thermal diode based on nanoscale thermal radiation. ACS Nano, 12 (6), 5774-5779 (2018)