Imagine a super-cold, ultra-thin layer of electrons trapped in a strong magnetic field. Normally, electrons move independently, but under extreme conditions, they start behaving in a highly ...

Michael Strano (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) laboratory has been interested in how carbon nanotubes can be utilized to illustrate new concepts in molecular and energy transfer. In the first ...

Scientists have discovered a new relation among electric and magnetic fields and differences in temperature, which can result in swirling vortices of electrons and holes in semiconductor devices and ...

An n-type semiconductor on top of a p-type semiconductor creates a vertical electric field (E, green arrow), while diffusion creates a depletion layer near the junction (orange), where the electric ...

Researchers in the US and Korea have discovered that igniting a carbon nanotube, coated in chemically flammable material, can trigger a high-speed wave to race along the tube at 10,000× the speed of ...

Researchers from Massachusetts have found a way to store energy in thin carbon nanotubes by adding fuel along the length of the tube, chemical energy, which can later be turned into electricity by ...

This study is led by Prof. Wenjing Hong (College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University), Prof. Colin J. Lambert (Department of Physics, Lancaster University) and Prof. Zitong Liu ...

A paper published in Nature Materials this week details a new method for using nanotubes to generate significant amounts of power, at least for their size. When multi-walled carbon nanotubes are ...

Thermoelectric materials have the ability to generate electricity when a temperature difference is applied to them. Conversely, they can also generate a temperature gradient when current is applied to ...

When you coat yarn made of carbon nanotubes with explosives, you can get an entirely new way to create electricity. ByTim De Chant Thursday, August 28, 2014 NOVA NextNOVA Next The unique properties of ...

Thermoelectric refrigerators rely on compounds that are able to convert electricity into heat, and vice versa. In 1997, researchers in Japan discovered a new thermoelectric material with a cooling ...