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2026

20. M. J. Lee, X. Wang, T. H. Kim, R. Mittapally et al., Towards decarbonization in transportation: scalable transparent radiative cooling for enhanced vehicle energy efficiency. Energy & Environmental Science, 19, 1517-1529  

2025

19. A. Majumder, K. Panda, R. Mittapally, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Attenuating Super-Planckian Radiative Heat Transfer in Nanoscale Structures. Nano Letters, 26, 614–622

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

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

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

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

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 (* equal contribution)

2023

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

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. (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

10. R. Mittapally, A. Majumder, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion: progress and opportunities. Physical Review Applied, 19 (3), 037002

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

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

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 (* 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

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 (* 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

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

2. A. Fiorino*, L. Zhu*, D. Thompson, R. Mittapally, P. Reddy, E. Meyhofer. Nanogap near-field thermophotovoltaics. Nature Nanotechnology, 13, 806-811

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