2012.09-2018.12 Ph.D., School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
2008.09-2012.06 B.S., School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2021.3-present, Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018.11-2021.3, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

(1) Micro/nanoscale thermal radiation and metamaterial-based energy devices
(2) Radiative transfer in disordered, porous and aperiodic media (especially Anderson localization and chaotic behaviors)
(3) Nano, topological, quantum and non-Hermitian optics/photonics
(4) Scanning near-field optical microscopy

We are interested in the theory of light (thermal radiation)-matter interactions in nanostructures and cold atoms, especially the rich physics regarding non-Hermitian, topological, disorder and quantum effects. On this basis, we conduct far- and near-field experiments on nanoscale light-matter interactions. By tailoring these nanoscale interactions, we work towards applications, aiming at efficient energy transport/conversion, high resolution imaging and information processing.

1. 2020.1-2022.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Program: Photonic band gap and radiative properties of subwavelength micro/nanostructures, Principal Investigator
2. 2019.7-2021.3, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (CPSF) Program: Radiative properties of composite periodic micro/nanostructures, Principal Investigator
3. 2018.11-2021.3, CPSF Program: Near-field dependent scattering effects on radiative properties of micro/nanoscale porous media, Principal Investigator
4. 2020.1-2021.12, Open Fund Program of MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Management and Energy Utilization of Aircraft: Mechanisms and control of radiative properties metamaterial selective emitters, Principal Investigator

Preprints and submitted:
1. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Topological phonon polariton enhanced radiative heat transfer in bichromatic nanoparticle arrays mimicking Aubry-Andr\'e-Harper model”, arXiv preprint arXiv: 2207.03675, 2022.

2. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “High-order topological quantum optics in ultracold atomic metasurfaces”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.01509, 2021.

3. F. Yi, M. Q. Liu, N. N. Wang, B. X. Wang*, C. Y. Zhao*. “Near-field observation of midinfrared edge modes in topological photonic crystals”, Physical Review Applied, 2022, submitted.

4. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Radiative heat transfer mediated by topological phonon polaritons in a family of quasiperiodic nanoparticle chains”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022, submitted

Journal Publications
1. Y. K. Chen, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Dual-band spatially-distinguishable metasurface thermal emitter for filterless mid-infrared gas sensing”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 185, 108069, 2023.

2. X. J. Liu., C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang, J. M. Xu. “Tailorable bandgap-dependent selective emitters for thermophotovoltaic systems”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 200, 123504, 2023.

3. S. H. Jin, M. Xiao, W. B. Zhang, B. X. Wang*, C. Y. Zhao*. “Daytime sub-ambient radiative cooling with vivid structural colors mediated by coupled nanocavities”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (49), 54676-54687, 2022.

4. W. B. Zhang, B. X. Wang, J. M. Xu, C. Y. Zhao*. “High-quality quasi-monochromatic near-field radiative heat transfer designed by adaptive hybrid Bayesian optimization”, Science China Technological Sciences, 65, 2910–2920, 2022.

5. S. H. Jin, M. Xiao, J. Chen, J. M. Xu, B. X. Wang*, C. Y. Zhao*. “Nanocomposite coatings with plasmonic structural colors for subambient daytime radiative cooling”, Solar Energy 240, 211-224, 2022.

6. J. Chen, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Near-field radiative heat transport between nanoparticles inside a cavity configuration”. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 196, 123213, 2022.

7. W. B. Zhang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Active control and enhancement of near-field heat transfer between dissimilar materials by strong coupling effects”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 188, 122588, 2022.

8. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Interferences and localization in disordered media with anisotropic structural correlations”, Journal of Applied Physics, 130, 133101, 2021.

9. T.C. Huang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “A novel selective thermophotovoltaic emitter based on multipole resonances”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 182, 122039, 2021.

10. T.C. Huang, B. X. Wang, W. B. Zhang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Ultracompact energy transfer in anapole-based metachains”, Nano Letters, 21(14), 6102–6110, 2021.

11. X. J. Liu, B. X. Wang, J. Chen, C. Y. Zhao*. “Polarization signatures of structural anisotropy for radiative transfer in fibrous materials”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 276, 107928, 2021.

12. J. Chen, L. Lu*, Q. Gong, B. X. Wang, S. Jin, M Wang. “Development of a new spectral selectivity-based passive radiative roof cooling model and its application in hot and humid region”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 307, 127170, 2021.

13. J. Chen, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Scattering-type multi-probe scanning thermal microscope based on near-field thermal radiation”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 181, 121869, 2021.

14. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Topological quantum optical states in quasiperiodic cold atomic chains”, Physical Review A, 103: 013727, 2021.

15. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “The dependent scattering effect on radiative properties of micro/nanoscale discrete disordered media”, Annual Review of Heat Transfer, Invited Review, 23: 231-353, 2020.

16. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Terahertz topological plasmon polaritons for robust temperature sensing”, Physical Review Materials, 4(7): 075201, 2020.

17. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Near-resonant light transmission in two-dimensional dense cold atomic media with short-range positional correlations”, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 37(6): 1757-1768, 2020.

18. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Wideband tunable infrared topological plasmon polaritons in dimerized chains of doped-silicon nanoparticles”, Journal of Applied Physics, 127 (7): 073106, 2020.

19. B. X. Wang, M. Q. Liu, T. C. Huang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Micro/nanostructures for far-field thermal emission control: an overview”, ES Energy & Environment, Invited Review, 6: 18-28, 2019.

20. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Topological phonon polaritions in one-dimensional non-Hermitian nanoparticle chains”, Physical Review B, 98:165435, 2018.

21. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Topological photonic states in one-dimensional dimerized ultracold atomic chains”, Physical Review A, 98:023808, 2018.

22. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Achieving strongly negative scattering asymmetry factor in random media composed of dual-dipolar particles”, Physical Review A, 97:023836, 2018.

23. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Structural correlations and dependent scattering mechanism on the radiative properties of random media”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 218:72-85, 2018.

24. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Analysis of dependent scattering mechanism in hard-sphere Yukawa random media”, Journal of Applied Physics, 123:223101, 2018.

25. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Effect of dependent scattering on light absorption in highly scattering random media”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 125:1069-1078, 2018.

26. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*, Y. H. Kan, T. C. Huang. “Design of metasurface polarizers based on two-dimensional cold atomic arrays”, Optics Express, 25 (16):18760-18773, 2017.

27. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Effect of anisotropy on thermal radiation transport in porous ceramics”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 111:301-309, 2017.

28. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Predicting radiative transport properties of plasma sprayed porous ceramics”, Journal of Applied Physics, 119:125110, 2016.

29. B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*, “Modeling radiative properties of air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings in the dependent scattering regime”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 89:920-928, 2015.

30. W. B. Zhang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Selective Thermophotovoltaic Emitter with Aperiodic Multilayer Structures Designed by Machine Learning”, ACS Applied Energy Materials, 4(2): 2004-2013, 2021.

31. J. Chen, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Effect of nanoparticle aggregation on the thermal radiation properties of nanofluids: an experimental and theoretical study”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 154:119690, 2020.

32. X. J. Liu, X. W. Chen, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Polarized light transport in anisotropic media composed of ellipsoids: Influence of structural anisotropy”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 245:106854, 2020.

33. T. C. Huang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Strong coupling between a plasmonic Fano resonance and anapole states in a metallic-dielectric antenna”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52 (44): 445102, 2019.

34. W. B. Zhang, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Enhancing near-field heat transfer between composite structures through strongly coupled surface modes”, Physical Review B, 100:075425, 2019.

35. W. A. Ge, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Thermal radiation and conduction in functionally graded thermal barrier coatings. Part I: Experimental study on radiative properties”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 134:101-113, 2019.

36. W. A. Ge, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Thermal radiation and conduction in functionally graded thermal barrier coatings. Part II: Experimental thermal conductivities and heat transfer modeling”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 134:166-174, 2019.

37. M. Q. Liu, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Design principles based on analysis in R (ε)-I (ε) space to achieve near-perfect full-spectrum volumetric solar-thermal conversion”, Solar Energy, 188:533-544, 2019.

38. C. Y. Liu, Y. Z. Wu, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao, H. Bao*. “Effect of atmospheric water vapor on radiative cooling performance of different surfaces”, Solar Energy, 183:218-225, 2019.

39. T. C. Huang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Tuning toroidal dipole resonances in dielectric metamolecules by an additional electric dipolar response”, Journal of Applied Physics, 125:093102, 2019.

40. M. Q. Liu, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Active tuning of directional scattering by combining magneto-optical effects and multipolar interferences”, Nanoscale, 10:18282-18290, 2018.

41. J. Chen, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Near-field thermal radiative transfer in assembled spherical systems composed of core-shell nanoparticles”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 219:304-312, 2018.

42. M. Q. Liu, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Polarization management based on dipolar interferences and lattice couplings”, Optics Express, 26 (6):7235-7252, 2018.

43. T. C. Huang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*. “Negative refraction in metamaterials based on dielectric spherical particles”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 214:82-93, 2018.

44. M. Q. Liu, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang, X. Fang. “Role of short-range order in manipulating light absorption in disordered media”, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 35 (3):504-513, 2018.

45. X. W. Chen, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Microstructural effect on radiative scattering coefficient and asymmetry factor of anisotropic thermal barrier coatings”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 210:116-216, 2018.

46. M. Xiao†, Z. Y. Hu†, Z. Wang, Y. W. Li, A. D. Tormo, N. L. Thomas, B. X. Wang, N. C. Gianneschi*, M. D Shawkey*, A. Dhinojwala*. “Bioinspired bright noniridescent photonic melanin supraballs”, Science Advances, 3(9): e1701151, 2017. †equal contribution

47. Y. H. Kan, C. Y. Zhao*, X. Fang, B. X. Wang, “Designing ultrabroadband absorbers based on Bloch theorem and optical topological transition”, Optics Letters, 42 (10), 1879-1882, 2017.

48. H. Bao*, Y. Chen, B. X. Wang, X. Fang, C. Y. Zhao, X. L. Ruan. “Double-layer nanoparticle-based coating for efficient terrestrial radiative cooling”, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 168: 78-84, 2017.

49. J. D. Gao, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Effect of metal particles in cermets on spectral selectivity”, Journal of Applied Physics, 121: 113105, 2017.

50. H. Shi, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang. “Modeling the thermal radiation properties of thermal barrier coatings based on a random generation algorithm”, Ceramics International, 42(8):9752-9761, 2016.

51. B. J. Zhang, B. X. Wang, C. Y. Zhao*, “Microstructural effect on the radiative properties of YSZ thermal barrier coatings (TBCs)”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 73:59-66, 2014.

52. G. Yang, C. Y. Zhao*, B. X. Wang, “Experimental study on radiative properties of air plasma sprayed thermal barrier coatings”, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, 66:695-698, 2013.

2020 Young Scientist Award of Asian Union of Thermal Science and Engineering (AUTSE)
2019 Best Paper Award of the 6th ASME Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer International Conference
2019 Outstanding PhD Thesis of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2018 National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
2018 Shanghai “Super Postdoctoral Fellow” Program
2017 Buxuan Wang-Zengyuan Guo Best Paper Award (Second Class)