@article{Wu2023, 
author = {Zhenhua Wu and Zhimao Wu and Haoran Lv and Wenbin Zhang and Zekun Liu and Shuai Zhang and Erzhen Mu and Hengxin Lin and Qing Zhang and Daxiang Cui and Thomas Thundat and Zhiyu Hu},
title = {Nanophotonic catalytic combustion enlightens mid-infrared light source},
year = {2023},
journal = {Nano Research},
volume = {16},
number = {9},
pages = {11564-11570},
keywords = {nanophotonics, catalytic combustion, nano-array catalyst, infrared light source},
url = {https://www.sciopen.com/article/10.1007/s12274-023-6097-9},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-023-6097-9},
abstract = {The tunable mid-infrared source in a broad-spectrum heralds great scientific implications and remains a challenge. Nano-localized catalytic combustion facilitates access to customizable infrared light sources. Here, we report on fabricating platinum-alumina bilayer nano-cylinder arrays for methanol catalytic combustion, which enables them to act as an array of infrared point light sources, with wavelength tunable by controlling the flow rate of methanol/air mixture. We then propose a technique of integrating nanophotonic structures with catalytic combustion to engineer infrared light emission. We demonstrate a prototype of a topological photonic crystal catalyst array in which infrared emission can be enhanced significantly with highly vertical emission. This work establishes a framework of nanophotonic catalytic combustion for infrared light sources.}
}