Toward more efficient fuel cells? - 04 Aug 2008 ZDNetThis new super-lattice material ‘improves ionic conductivity near room temperature by a factor of almost 100 million.’ Wow! As said one Oak Ridge National
Thermoelectrics and refrigerators - 04 Aug 2008 Next Big Future,Although the low effective mass of silicon increases electrical conductivity, it also contributes to a high thermal conductivity. Thermal conductivity must
A Cool Fuel Cell - 04 Aug 2008 MIT Technology Review,Santamaria, drawing on earlier work by other researchers, found that the ionic conductivity at low temperatures could be greatly improved by combining
Graphene enhanced plastics - 04 Aug 2008 Next Big Future,...xGnPâ„¢ can be used to significantly lower costs by replacing carbon nanotubes in many composite applications where electrical conductivity or stiffness are
HAVE they found poo on the Red Planet? - 04 Aug 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,The magazine reports that the discovery was made by a Phoenix experiment package called the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyser, or MECA,
StockProfiler.US: Todays Stock Watch: CPTC & ACTI - 04 Aug 2008 Trading Markets (press release),It is with pleasure that Lamifil will now add ACCC conductors to its range of high conductivity and high temperature conductors.
Penn Scientists Carve Functional Nanoribbons Using Super-Heated, - 04 Aug 2008 Photonics Online (press release),Even atomic-scale flaws would derail electrical conductivity of any graphene transistors. Johnson's technique, employing hot iron nanoparticles to carve out
Power MOSFETs come in isolated 6-pack power module. - 04 Aug 2008 ThomasNet Industrial News Room,...technology creates a reliable module with an extreme high power density with excellent isolation, thermal conductivity and no thermal fatigue.
Test Socket Industry Faces Issues Scaling Below 0.4 mm Pitch - 04 Aug 2008 Semiconductor InternationalOne solution that’s gaining ground is the use of elastomers, which have Z-axis conductivity. Some are not pitch-specific and there is no pre-load,
GIGABYTE Launches EP43-DS3L Motherboard - 04 Aug 2008 EFYTimes (press release),GIGABYTE adopts Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid Capacitors and Ferrite Core Choke for CPU VRM featuring better electronic conductivity, heat resistance
Pure water production for use in boiler - 04 Aug 2008 Processing Talk,...this purity level, which they did by developing make-up water and condensate treatment plant capable of achieving conductivity less than 0.1uS/cm.
GF Piping Systems Introduces Next Generation DryLoc pH And ORP - 04 Aug 2008 Chemical Online.com (press release),The LC version can be used for low conductivity fluids (not less than 20 µS/cm). To complete the offering, powder form buffer solutions are available in
Arctic ice continues to thin alarmingly - 04 Aug 2008 Thaindian.com,While there, they used helicopter-borne instruments to determine the thickness of large swathes of ice by measuring its conductivity.
Fingerprint identification with Blackfin - 04 Aug 2008 Embedded.com,Because a finger's outermost dry, dead skin cells have low electrical conductivity, an RF sensor acquires fingerprint data from the skin's moist and
We all started out as diamonds in the rough, German scientists say - 04 Aug 2008 Earthtimes (press release),..."In our study the conductivity on natural diamond was better by a factor of 10 than that on synthetic diamond," they wrote. "We conclude that current ideas
Fuel Cells and Ionic Conductivity - Aug 2, 2008 Technocrat.net,This new material opens the pathways up, improving ionic conductivity, this movement of oxygen ions through the electrolyte, by a huge factor,
Phoenix Mars Lander Sticks Fork in Martian Dirt - Jul 11, 2008 FOXNewsThe prongs of the instrument, called a thermal and electrical conductivity probe, are about half an inch long. Scientists can use the instrument to assess
Cooler fuel cells - Jul 31, 2008 Chemistry World,...'With our new material, the oxygen ionic conductivity is enhanced up to one hundred million times', SantamarÃa says. The researchers grew a 1-nanometre
The science of energy healing - Aug 2, 2008 Malaysia Star,Tests have shown that during qigong practice and treatment, the electrical conductivity of acupuncture points changes dramatically.
Mars Phoenix Lander Pulls All-Nighter - Jul 22, 2008 FOXNewsPhoenix is using its weather station (which measures temperature, wind speed and wind direction), stereo camera and fork-like thermal and conductivity probe
Phoenix Conductivity Probe - Jul 15, 2008 NASA,This image taken by the Surface Stereo Imager on Sol 49, or the 49th Martian day of the mission (July 14, 2008), shows thermal and electrical conductivity
Thermal gap filler is a soft touch - Jul 30, 2008 Electronics Talk (press release),This softness, combined with high thermal conductivity, offers the lowest thermal resistance on gap fillers in the marketplace.
Diamonds May Have Jump-Started Life on Earth - Jul 28, 2008 FOXNewsAlso, the tests found electrical conductivity that could have been key to forcing chemical reactions needed to generate the first birth.
New Material May Help Autos Turn Heat Into Electricity - Jul 24, 2008 Science Daily (press release)So the typical strategy for making a good thermoelectric material is to lower its thermal conductivity. In Heremans' lab, he used to work to lower the
Full Text - Jul 31, 2008 Science Magazine (subscription)However, success was limited by low conductivity and efficiency, and the instability of the ICP in the environment required for the catalysis (16–18).
Scaling the Kondo lattice - Jul 31, 2008 Nature.com (subscription),The determination of T* from these effects, including changes in the optical conductivity, the magnetic entropy, the magnetic resistivity, and point-contact
Double detection is elementary - Jul 21, 2008 separationsNOW.com (subscription),For a start, they have combined the electrochemical technique known as conductivity detection, which measures the changes in conductivity caused by passing
Introduction of New GasCheck G Leak Detector System - Jul 29, 2008 Environmental Data Interactive,The new GasCheck G represents the latest in gas detection technology - and utilizes an advanced system of micro thermal conductivity that enables improved
Conductive, Electrically Isolating Epoxy Resists High - Jul 28, 2008 Adhesives and Sealants (press release),Supreme 11AOHT has a thermal conductivity of 10 BTU/in/ft²/hr/°F. It has a dielectric strength of >400 volts/mil. It also exhibits a T-peel aluminum to
Startup Proposes Wi-Fi For Personal Area Networks - Jul 15, 2008 Microwaves & RF,One approach that brings effective heat dissipation without increasing the cost involves increasing the thermal conductivity of the PCB laminate material,
Faster determination of NMP in cefepime - Jul 24, 2008 Laboratory Talk,The low pH of nitric acid can increase cefepime degradation, and nonsuppressed conductivity detection has very high detection limits.
Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night - Jul 22, 2008 PhysOrg.com,Phoenix is using its weather station, stereo camera and conductivity probe to monitor changes in the lower atmosphere and ground surface at the same time
Gap Filler Line - Jul 29, 2008 Photonics.com,The next generation thermal pad increases the thermal conductivity of the line to 5.0 W/mK. The material is highly compliant and allows for thinner
Fuel cell improvements raise hopes for clean, cheap energy - Jul 31, 2008 Ars Technica,To further enhance conductivity, a 40nm gold coating was added. The PEDOT electrode is homogeneous, eliminating catalyst agglomerations that plagued the
Phoenix Soil Sample Tantalizing - Jul 28, 2008 Aviation Week,The first experiment with the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductivity Analyzer (MECA) found that the soil could sustain life under the proper
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