熱學超材料所構成的熱遮罩，其遮罩性能取決於高、低熱傳導係數的物質排列方式以及層數的多寡。本研究以模擬及實驗結果兩者相互驗證，我們首先探討理想材料係數組成的四邊形熱學超材料的COMSOL模擬結果，其熱學超材料結構的排列變化與層數的多寡皆會造成溫度線分布的改變。而經由模擬結果顯示，四邊形熱學超材料的熱遮罩性能會隨著熱學超材料的層數上升而提升，我們藉由此模擬作出的結論找到理想的四邊形熱學超材料排列方式。
實驗中，我們首先檢驗熱學超材料裝置中所使用的金屬材料的熱係數，接著以量測出來的參數與理想的熱學超材料排列進行模擬分析，並同時組裝我們實作中的熱學超材料裝置，最後檢測我們模擬與實驗結果是否達到相同的溫度趨勢。結果顯示，四邊形熱學超材料有效地將中間遮罩層內的溫度梯度降低，改變了裝置的溫度特徵。本研究提出的新型熱遮罩僅需兩種不同熱傳導係數材料，做簡單組合即可達到優良的熱遮罩效果。

The efficiency of the thermal cloak which is composed of the thermal metamaterials depends on the number of layers and the staggered arrangement using two materials is investigated in this study. We conduct both simulation and the experiment. First, we discuss the simulation results using the COMSOL software with ideal materials coefficients of the quadrilateral thermal metamaterials. The arrangement of its structures and the layer numbers of the thermal metamaterials would cause different isotherm distribution. Based on above results, we find the optimal arrangement of our quadrilateral thermal metamaterials.
In the experiment, we examine the thermal coefficients of those metal materials using the Hot Disk Thermal Constants Analyzer. Then, we implement the measured thermal parameters to the COMSOL simulation models. At the same time, we assemble the quadrilateral thermal metamaterials, setup experiment and then measure the temperature field using an infrared camera. The results show, the designed thermal device efficiently decreases the temperature gradient of cloaked area enclosed by the thermal metamaterials. The novel design demonstrates a great effect of the thermal cloaking by simply using two materials.

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