Heating element having heat conductive and wicking filaments

A heating element for an aerosol-generating system, the heating element comprising:

• a plurality of first filaments;
• a plurality of second filaments,
• wherein the plurality of first filaments are configured to heat a liquid aerosol-forming substrate,
• wherein the plurality of second filaments are configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to wet at least a portion of the heating element with the liquid aerosol-forming substrate,
• wherein the heating element is arranged to form a mesh, wherein the plurality of first filaments are arranged in a first direction and the plurality of second filaments are arranged in a second direction, and wherein the second direction is transverse to the first direction, and
• wherein the heating element is configured to be inductively heated, the plurality of first filaments being formed from a magnetic metallic material and the plurality of second filaments being formed from a non-metallic hydrophilic material;
• and
• a plurality of third filaments, which are formed from a non-magnetic metallic material such that the plurality of third filaments are not inductively heated to a significant degree when placed in a varying magnetic field, the plurality of third filaments being arranged in regions on either side of a region containing the plurality of first filaments.