Zhang, Z.Liu, L.Zhu, Q.Mengüç, Mustafa Pınar2016-06-302016-06-302015-061879-1352http://hdl.handle.net/10679/4170https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.02.022Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via subscription.Micro- and nano-scale thermal radiation has become one of the fastest growing research areas because of advances in nanotechnology and the development of novel materials. The related research and development includes near-field radiation transfer, spectral and directional selective emitters and receivers, plasmonics, metamaterials, and novel nano-scale fabrication techniques. With the advances in these areas, important applications in energy harvesting such as solar cells and thermophotovoltaics, nanomanufacturing, biomedical sensing, thermal imaging as well as data storage with the localized heating/cooling have been pushed to higher levels.engrestrictedAccessEditorial158SI1200035373380000110.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.02.0222-s2.0-84939946957