Scientists create world's smallest 'refrigerator'
How do you keep the world's tiniest soda cold? UCLA scientists may have the answer.
Nanomaterials
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Cooling mechanism increases solar energy harvesting for self-powered outdoor sensors
Sensors placed in the environment spend long periods of time outdoors through all weather conditions, and they must continuously power themselves in order to collect data. Many, like photovoltaic cells, use the sun to produce ...
General Physics
Jul 7, 2020
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Solving the thermoelectric 'trade-off' conundrum with metallic carbon nanotubes
Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used aligned "metallic" carbon nanotubes to create a device which converts heat to electrical energy (a thermoelectric device) with a higher power output than pure semiconducting ...
Nanophysics
Dec 2, 2019
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Team develops thermoelectric device that generates electricity using human body heat
The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea developed a thermoelectric module that generates electricity using human body heat. The module, which is 5 cm in width and 11 cm in length, can ...
Engineering
Mar 1, 2019
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Materials that harvest heat and turn it into electricity could lead to more cost-effective devices
Scientists are getting closer to designing thermoelectric materials that efficiently harvest heat from the surrounding environment and convert it into electricity to power various devices and appliances, according to a review ...
Engineering
Nov 21, 2018
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Cold neutrons used in hot pursuit of better thermoelectrics
Thermoelectric devices are highly versatile, with the ability to convert heat into electricity, and electricity into heat. They are small, lightweight, and extremely durable because they have no moving parts, which is why ...
General Physics
Nov 15, 2018
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Stretchable thermoelectric coils for energy harvesting in miniature flexible wearable devices
Miniaturized semiconductor devices with energy harvesting features have paved the way to wearable technologies and sensors. Although thermoelectric systems have attractive features in this context, the ability to maintain ...
Breaking down the Wiedemann-Franz law
A study exploring the coupling between heat and particle currents in a gas of strongly interacting atoms highlights the fundamental role of quantum correlations in transport phenomena, breaks the Wiedemann-Franz law, and ...
General Physics
Aug 13, 2018
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Harnessing 'Rashba spin-Seebeck effect' phenomenon will enable commercial devices to turn waste heat into electricity
Mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported success in using inexpensive materials to produce thermoelectric devices that transform low-level waste heat into electricity.
General Physics
Apr 10, 2018
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Thermoelectric nanodevice based on Majorana fermions is proposed
In March 1938, the young Italian physicist Ettore Majorana disappeared mysteriously, leaving his country's scientific community shaken. The episode remains unexplained, despite Leonardo Scascia's attempt to unravel the enigma ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 9, 2018
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