Sentences with phrase «as capacitors»

The tiny junctions can work in much the same way as capacitors in standard circuits.

Gioia says that one likely source of the pollution is the dumping of old electrical waste such as capacitors and other PCB - containing products.

In devices known as capacitors, energy is physically stored in an electric field between metal electrodes.

The big advantage of the nanotube muscle is that it can also act as a capacitor, storing up electric energy it does not immediately need for later use, Baughman explains.

Not exact matches

As for her assertion that newcomers should find the process rewarding enough to brave an intimidating tableau of wires and capacitors and diodes, well, just think about how some people claim to love assembling IKEA furniture: the careful laying out of the parts, painstaking examination of instructions, a few false starts and, ultimately, the satisfaction of things slotting into place as the final product takes shapAs for her assertion that newcomers should find the process rewarding enough to brave an intimidating tableau of wires and capacitors and diodes, well, just think about how some people claim to love assembling IKEA furniture: the careful laying out of the parts, painstaking examination of instructions, a few false starts and, ultimately, the satisfaction of things slotting into place as the final product takes shapas the final product takes shape.

As Prof. Duncan Gregory of the University of Glasgow told the Daily Mail, «The idea is to harvest the energy and store it using a combination of a super capacitor and a lithium battery.»

As the years went on, the front of the store was filled with more mobile phones & games, and our little section of resistors, capacitors & breadboards was relegated to a smaller and smaller back corner of the store.»

The nano crystalline cellulose from hemp can be manufactured into a two dimensional carbon nano sheet that has very similar properties to graphene, having applications in areas such as super capacitors, quantum computing, biotech, and solar technology.

Research from Alberta Canada shows graphene - like carbon nanosheets made from hemp can perform well as a super capacitor battery.

Vishay Intertechnology Vishay Intertechnology is a major manufacturer of passive electronic components, such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors, with facilities in the U.S. and Europe.

One rule of thumb is to avoid Chinese capacitors at all costs, I wonder if the Chinese military relies on homegrown caps or if they outsource that to Taiwan and Japan... As silly as that may sound an actual war could easily hinge on something so sillAs silly as that may sound an actual war could easily hinge on something so sillas that may sound an actual war could easily hinge on something so silly.

The process of making organic capacitors does release a little carbon dioxide, but not nearly as much as would be emitted if you let the same quantity of material burn or decay, says Caroline Burgess Clifford at Penn State University.

Supercapacitors can typically store 10 - 100 times as much energy as an ordinary capacitor, and can accept and deliver charges much faster than a typical rechargeable battery.

The materials generate static as they rub together while the circuitry acts like a variable capacitor, storing up the electrical charge generated.

This week's paper describes a self - powered tag that charges a capacitor as the fish moves, and can only beep if the fish is moving.

Detailed tests showed the new batteries hold five times as much energy as conventional quick - discharging devices called capacitors do, and they deliver that power 10 times as quickly as conventional lithium ion batteries can.

One type of energy harvester, and an inspiration for the new work, is known as an electrostatic capacitor.

As the primary coil spins, its capacitors switch on and off rapidly, creating an oscillating charge.

While they still can't store as much total energy as a fuel cell or a battery, ultracapacitors — also known as electrochemical capacitors — can supply the burst of energy needed to accelerate up a hill or around another car on the highway.

That October day was the destination for the film's time - traveling teen Marty McFly, inventor Dr. (Doc) Emmett Brown, and their flux capacitor — equipped DeLorean car / time machine as they tried to fix a future mess caused by Marty's nemesis, Biff.

Just as engineers rearrange capacitors and resistors to create different electric circuits, researchers can arrange gene promoters and repressors — stretches of DNA that control gene activity — to create gene circuits with different properties.

Just as in a real neuron, when the applied voltage reaches a certain level, the capacitor becomes conductive, firing a «nerve signal».

All the vehicles began the endurance event having fully charged their accumulators (whether batteries or capacitors) from the grid, as is the norm for a plug - in hybrid vehicle.

Electronic devices are close to this extreme, as they contain only a few types of parts, like resistors, capacitors, and transistors.

Sticking to the Infrastructure Given the shortcomings of both batteries and capacitors, some engineers say the true solution lies in better infrastructure: They want to make electric - charging spots as ubiquitous as gas stations.

Although capacitors can not store as much energy as batteries, they are far better at releasing rapid pulses of electricity (for fast acceleration) and collecting electricity (recovered during braking, for instance).

He found that it contained a capacitor, resistor and rectifying diode, as well as the light - emitting diode.

Instead of using transistors as switches the way digital computers do, Boahen builds a capacitor that gets the same voltage a neuron makes.

His home was packed with expensive equipment, his eyes were as wild as his white hair, and he invented a device that took him nearly 30 years to perfect: the flux capacitor.

The highly conductive foam was tested as an electrode in lithium ion capacitors and found to be mechanically and chemically stable.

Again, because these materials act as soft capacitors, variable - capacitance power generators and energy harvesters can be built from them.

Cross thinks that if he can control the way the ribbons form and stack, he might be able to use them as transistors (electrical switches), capacitors (devices that store electrical charge) or connections between electrically conductive graphene sheets.

Traditional capacitors store energy and release it quickly (as in a camera flash), unlike common lithium - ion batteries that take a long time to charge and release their energy as needed.

He said LIG can easily be turned into a supercapacitor, which combines the fast - charging, power - storing capacity of a capacitor with the higher energy - delivering capability, though not yet as high as in a battery.

Described this week in the journal Applied Physics Letters, from AIP Publishing, the technology is based on an electronic device known as a coplanar capacitor and detects goose bumps by virtue of a simple, linear relation between the deformation of the sensor and the decrease of the capacitance.

«Imagine batteries, capacitors, solar cells, video screens and fuel cells as thin as a piece of paper,» said Stehle.

He has further developed soft landing techniques to investigate charge retention properties of metal clusters that determine whether they can be used as molecular capacitors in organic electronics or in high - density memory devices.

Catalysts have many applications in industry, such as converting petroleum products into plastics used for everything from carpets and capacitors to boxes, bags, and bottle tops.

Light - emitting capacitors are used in the construction of electroluminescent panels, for applications such as backlighting for laptop computers.

This is because the transformer is still receiving electricity from the outlet and sending it to the capacitor which continues to store it as long as the device is plugged in.

Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.

Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavour - finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World's Best Lover.»

Searching to regain his spice for lifestyles, in addition to a flux capacitor, Wade will have to fight ninjas, the Yakuza, and a pack of sexually competitive canine, as he trips around the globe to find the significance of circle of relatives, friendship, and taste — discovering a brand new style for journey and incomes the coveted espresso mug identify of World's Best Lover.

Writer - director Richard Curtis (Love Actually) has fun setting up the high - concept premise; in an early scene, patriarch Bill Nighy hilariously explains the ins and outs of their special ability, which relies on clenched fists as opposed to flux capacitors.

Then get a jumbo sound system capacitor and place it at the flasher unit location to supply the inrush current same as on a sound system bass unit

A third electric motor sits between the gearbox and rear motors, and acts as a regenerative braking system for the capacitor.

Like many hybrids, the two electric motors work as generators during braking, storing energy in a super capacitor, located under the rear seat.

The role of this motor is to act as a generator during deceleration to charge the super capacitors, and during acceleration to directly power the rear wheel motors.

The i - ELOOP system is a capacitor - based setup that stores braking energy as the car decelerates.

The I - Eloop («intelligent energy loop») is important, as it improves MPG by storing energy to a capacitor, which allows air - conditioning and other accessories to still work while the engine is shut down at a stop sign.