• BS, Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), 2010
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2014
• Ph D, Applied Physics, Stanford University, 2016

Journal Articles

Zhenong Zhang and Linxiao Zhu, 2023, "Broadband nonreciprocal thermal emission", Physical Review Applied, 19, pp. 014013

Zhenong Zhang and Linxiao Zhu, 2022, "Nonreciprocal thermal photonics for energy conversion and radiative heat transfer", Physical Review Applied, 18, pp. 027001

Minghao Dong, Linxiao Zhu, Bo Jiang, Shanhui Fan and Zhen Chen, 2021, "Concentrated radiative cooling and its constraint from reciprocity", Optics Express, 30, pp. 275-285

Rohith Mittapally, Byungjun Lee, Linxiao Zhu, Amin Reihani, Ju Won Lim, Dejiu Fan, Stephen R. Forrest, Pramod Reddy and Edgar Meyhofer, 2021, "Near-field thermophotovoltaics for efficient heat to electricity conversion at high power density", Nature Communications, 12, pp. 4364

Harsha Reddy, Kun Wang, Zhaxylyk Kudyshev, Linxiao Zhu, Shen Yan, Andrea Vezzoli, Simon J. Higgins, Vikram Gavini, Alexandra Boltasseva, Pramod Reddy, Vladimir M. Shalaev and Edgar Meyhofer, 2020, "Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements", Science, 369, (6502), pp. 423-426

Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Edgar Meyhofer and Pramod Reddy, 2019, "Nanoscale radiative thermal switching via multi-body effects", Nature Nanotechnology, 15, (2), pp. 99-104

Linxiao Zhu, Anthony Fiorino, Dakotah Thompson, Rohith Mittapally, Edgar Meyhofer and Pramod Reddy, 2019, "Near-field photonic cooling through control of the chemical potential of photons", Nature, 566, (7743), pp. 239-244

Zhen Chen, Linxiao Zhu, Wei Li and Shanhui Fan, 2018, "Simultaneously and synergistically harvest energy from the sun and outer space", Joule, 3, (1), pp. 101-110

Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Rohith Mittapally, Seid Sadat, Zhen Xing, Patrick McArdle, M. Mumtaz Qazilbash, Pramod Reddy and Edgar Meyhofer, 2018, "Hundred-fold enhancement in far-field radiative heat transfer over the blackbody limit", Nature, 561, (7722), pp. 216-221

Anthony Fiorino, Linxiao Zhu, Dakotah Thompson, Rohith Mittapally, Pramod Reddy and Edgar Meyhofer, 2018, "Nanogap near-field thermophotovoltaics", Nature Nanotechnology, 13, (9), pp. 806-811

Anthony Fiorino, Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Rohith Mittapally, Svend-Age Biehs, Odile Bezencenet, Nadia El-Bondry, Shailendra Bansropun, Philippe Ben-Abdallah, Edgar Meyhofer and Pramod Reddy, 2018, "A thermal diode based on nanoscale thermal radiation", ACS Nano, 12, (6), pp. 5774-5779

Anthony Fiorino, Dakotah Thompson, Linxiao Zhu, Bai Song, Pramod Reddy and Edgar Meyhofer, 2018, "Giant enhancement in radiative heat transfer in sub-30 nm gaps of plane parallel surfaces", Nano Letters, 18, (6), pp. 3711-3715

Linxiao Zhu, Yu Guo and Shanhui Fan, 2018, "Theory of many-body radiative heat transfer without the constraint of reciprocity", Physical Review B, 97, (9), pp. 094302

David A. Miller, Linxiao Zhu and Shanhui Fan, 2017, "Universal modal radiation laws for all thermal emitters", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114, (17), pp. 4336-4341

Wei Li, Yu Shi, Kaifeng Chen, Linxiao Zhu and Shanhui Fan, 2017, "A comprehensive photonic approach for solar cell cooling", ACS Photonics, 4, (4), pp. 774-782

Raphael St-Gelais, Gaurang Ravindra Bhatt, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan and Michal Lipson, 2017, "Hot carrier-based near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion", ACS Nano, 11, (3), pp. 3001-3009

Zhen Chen, Linxiao Zhu, Aaswath Raman and Shanhui Fan, 2016, "Radiative cooling to deep sub-freezing temperatures through a 24-h day–night cycle", Nature Communications, 7, pp. 13729

Linxiao Zhu and Shanhui Fan, 2016, "Persistent directional current at equilibrium in nonreciprocal many-body near field electromagnetic heat transfer", Physical Review Letters, 117, (13), pp. 134303

Augustine M Urbas, Zubin Jacob, Luca Dal Negro, Nader Engheta, A D Boardman, P Egan, Alexander B Khanikaev, Vinod Menon, Marcello Ferrera, Nathaniel Kinsey, Clayton DeVault, Jongbum Kim, Vladimir Shalaev, Alexandra Boltasseva, Jason Valentine, Carl Pfeiffer, Anthony Grbic, Evgenii Narimanov, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan, Andrea Alù, Ekaterina Poutrina, Natalia M Litchinitser, Mikhail A Noginov, Kevin F MacDonald, Eric Plum, Xiaoying Liu, Paul F Nealey, Cherie R Kagan, Christopher B Murray, Dorota A Pawlak, Igor I Smolyaninov, Vera N Smolyaninova and Debashis Chanda, 2016, "Roadmap on optical metamaterials", Journal of Optics, 18, (9), pp. 093005

Svetlana V Boriskina, Martin A Green, Kylie Catchpole, Eli Yablonovitch, Matthew C Beard, Yoshitaka Okada, Stephan Lany, Talia Gershon, Andriy Zakutayev, Mohammad H Tahersima, Volker J Sorger, Michael J Naughton, Krzysztof Kempa, Mario Dagenais, Yuan Yao, Lu Xu, Xing Sheng, Noah D Bronstein, John A Rogers, A Paul Alivisatos, Ralph G Nuzzo, Jeffrey M Gordon, Di M Wu, Michael D Wisser, Alberto Salleo, Jennifer Dionne, Peter Bermel, Jean-Jacques Greffet, Ivan Celanovic, Marin Soljacic, Assaf Manor, Carmel Rotschild, Aaswath Raman, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan and Gang Chen, 2016, "Roadmap on optical energy conversion", Journal of Optics, 18, (7), pp. 073004

Raphael St-Gelais, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan and Michal Lipson, 2016, "Near-field radiative heat transfer between parallel structures in the deep subwavelength regime", Nature Nanotechnology, 11, (6), pp. 515-519

Linxiao Zhu, Fengyuan Liu, Hongtao Lin, Juejun Hu, Zongfu Yu, Xinran Wang and Shanhui Fan, 2015, "Angle-selective perfect absorption with two-dimensional materials", Light: Science & Applications, 5, (3), pp. e16052

Linxiao Zhu, Aaswath P. Raman and Shanhui Fan, 2015, "Radiative cooling of solar absorbers using a visibly transparent photonic crystal thermal blackbody", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, (40), pp. 12282-12287

Kaifeng Chen, Parthiban Santhanam, Sunil Sandhu, Linxiao Zhu and Shanhui Fan, 2015, "Heat-flux control and solid-state cooling by regulating chemical potential of photons in near-field electromagnetic heat transfer", Physical Review B, 91, (13)

Linxiao Zhu and Shanhui Fan, 2014, "Near-complete violation of detailed balance in thermal radiation", Physical Review B, 90, (22)

Aaswath P. Raman, Marc Abou Anoma, Linxiao Zhu, Eden Rephaeli and Shanhui Fan, 2014, "Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight", Nature, 515, (7528), pp. 540-544

Raphael St-Gelais, Biswajeet Guha, Linxiao Zhu, Shanhui Fan and Michal Lipson, 2014, "Demonstration of strong near-field radiative heat transfer between Integrated nanostructures", Nano Letters, 14, (12), pp. 6971-6975

Linxiao Zhu, Aaswath Raman, Ken Xingze Wang, Marc Abou Anoma and Shanhui Fan, 2014, "Radiative cooling of solar cells", Optica, 1, (1), pp. 32-38

Clayton R. Otey, Linxiao Zhu, Sunil Sandhu and Shanhui Fan, 2014, "Fluctuational electrodynamics calculations of near-field heat transfer in non-planar geometries: A brief overview", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 132, pp. 3-11

Linxiao Zhu, Aaswath Raman and Shanhui Fan, 2013, "Color-preserving daytime radiative cooling", Applied Physics Letters, 103, (22), pp. 223902

Linxiao Zhu, Clayton R. Otey and Shanhui Fan, 2013, "Ultrahigh-contrast and large-bandwidth thermal rectification in near-field electromagnetic thermal transfer between nanoparticles", Physical Review B, 88, (18), pp. 184301

Kevin A. Arpin, Mark D. Losego, Andrew N. Cloud, Hailong Ning, Justin Mallek, Nicholas P. Sergeant, Linxiao Zhu, Zongfu Yu, Berç Kalanyan, Gregory N. Parsons, Gregory S. Girolami, John R. Abelson, Shanhui Fan and Paul V. Braun, 2013, "Three-dimensional self-assembled photonic crystals with high temperature stability for thermal emission modification", Nature Communications, 4, (1), pp. 2630

Linxiao Zhu, Sunil Sandhu, Clayton Otey, Shanhui Fan, Michael B. Sinclair and Ting Shan Luk, 2013, "Temporal coupled mode theory for thermal emission from a single thermal emitter supporting either a single mode or an orthogonal set of modes", Applied Physics Letters, 102, (10), pp. 103104

Linxiao Zhu, Clayton R. Otey and Shanhui Fan, 2012, "Negative differential thermal conductance through vacuum", Applied Physics Letters, 100, (4), pp. 044104

• NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, March 2023 - February 2028

• John J. and Jean M. Brennan Clean Energy Early Career Professorship, Pennsylvania State University, August 2020 - June 2023

• Kaufman Foundation New Investigator Award, Charles E. Kaufman Foundation - The Pittsburgh Foundation, December 2021 - November 2023

• PSEAS Outstanding Research Award, Penn State Engineering Alumni Society, November 2023

• American Society of Mechanical Engineering Spring 2021 Top Instructor Award, Penn State's Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineering, April 2021

• American Society of Mechanical Engineering Fall 2021 Top Instructor Award, Penn State's Chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineering, December 2021

• MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (China region), MIT Technology Review, 2019 - 2019

• Guo Moruo Scholarship, University of Science and Technology of China, 2009 - 2009

• Cross-disciplinary Scholars in Science and Technology (CSST) program, University of California - Los Angeles, 2009 - 2009

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