In this work, we present a new formula for the near-field thermal radiative transfer between two spheres. The formula is identical for coated or uncoated spheres and captures the effect of the coatings in the effective Mie reflection coefficients of the spheres. We also numerically demonstrate that silica coated silver spheres transition from silver-like conductance in the far-field to surface phonon polariton dominated silica-like behavior in the extreme near-field.
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Nanoscale Transport Phenomena
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