Physical Transformation AtlasPTA
Coupling family · coupling:photothermal

Photothermal

Absorbed radiation becoming heat, then any thermal coupling.

Optics and photonicsalso: photothermal, solar thermal

Atlas record: 2 claims reference this coupling family — 2 established.

Explorerelations · matrix context · sources · cite

2claims0enumerated routes0routes with complete-composition evidence0candidate routes not searched3cited sources

Relations

member of · 2
Photothermal absorption—member of→Photothermalestablished
Radiative sky cooling—member of→Photothermalestablished

Matrix context

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.01 Temperature gradientD.02 Pressure gradientD.03 Concentration gradientD.04 Salinity gradientD.05 Chemical potential differenceD.06 Electric potential differenceD.07 Changing magnetic fluxD.08 Mechanical stress or strainD.09 Mechanical vibrationD.10 Bulk fluid flowD.11 Incident radiation fluxD.12 Radiative imbalance with the skyD.13 Spin accumulationD.14 Metastable phaseD.15 Surface energy differenceD.16 Capillary pressureD.17 Humidity gradientD.18 Osmotic pressure differenceD.19 Gravitational potential differenceD.20 Nuclear binding-energy differenceD.21 Thermal energy at uniform temperatureD.22 Quantum vacuum fluctuationsD.23 Acoustic fieldD.24 Temporal temperature changeD.25 Changing electric field

Cited sources · 3

  1. [1]
    A. Bejan. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.) (2016)
    Wiley · doi:10.1002/9781119245964 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    A. P. Raman et al.. Passive radiative cooling below ambient air temperature under direct sunlight (2014)
    Nature 515, 540–544 · doi:10.1038/nature13883 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    Y. Zhai et al.. Scalable-manufactured randomized glass-polymer hybrid metamaterial for daytime radiative cooling (2017)
    Science 355, 1062–1066 · doi:10.1126/science.aai7899 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). entity coupling:photothermal: Photothermal. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/e/coupling/photothermal

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