Boreyko, Jonathan B.Edalatpour, MojtabaMurphy, KevinMukherjee, Ranit2022-02-222022-02-222021-12-30http://hdl.handle.net/10919/108807This disclosure provides a thermal diode including a first plate having a first surface defining a wick structure. The thermal diode can include a second plate having a smooth surface facing the wick structure, the smooth surface and the wick structure defining a chamber for accommodating a phase-change liquid. The thermal diode also can include a separator positioned between the first plate and the second plate to separate the wick structure from the smooth surface by a gap that is less than a capillary length of the phase-change liquid.In CopyrightPatent2022-02-22Boreyko, Jonathan [0000-0003-0344-5868]US 2021-039106WO/2021/263114