Sentences with phrase «create voltage»

(Edwin Hall proved in 1879 that applying a magnetic field at a right angle to a conducting material would create a voltage that is perpendicular to the regular flow of current through that material.)
That mixture flows into another material to create voltage: graphite, titanium solutions, silicon, and different forms of carbon, depending.
This setup creates a voltage of about 150 millivolts across each cell.
We've got a black hole that's spinning, so it's moving magnetic fields around it, and that creates voltages.
We've got a black hole that's spinning, so it's moving magneticfields around it, and that creates voltages.
Creating a voltage between them allowed current to flow between the two perpendicular electrodes — separated from each other by just 20 nanometres, through the single phosphorus atom, which acted as a transistor.
The team used the key properties of zinc oxide, a material that when squashed or stretched creates a voltage by converting energy from motion into electrical energy, in the form of nanorods.

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The same process, driven by even larger voltages, happens at Jupiter but plays an unexpectedly minor role in creating auroras there, the new analysis suggests.
Therefore, a voltage is created between the two sides of the thermoelectric material.»
HIGH - VOLTAGE POWER You will need at least 20,000 volts * and a 10 - milliamp current to create enough heat to crush those hydrogen nuclei together.
But a liquid crystalline material between the two filters responds to an electric voltage by rotating the polarization of the light, allowing it to get through and create a bright spot on the screen.
But those devices create only a voltage difference; they don't generate the electrical current required to produce hydrogen, Logan notes.
Their experiments revealed that when voltage is applied, ions migrate within the material, creating regions that are no longer as efficient at converting light to electricity.
Many vibration harvesters contain piezoelectric substances that create an electric voltage when mechanically bent.
«Now we have created a connecting junction that loses almost no voltage, even when the stacked solar cell is exposed to 70,000 suns of solar energy,» Bedair says.
«Chemists create vitamin - driven battery: Environmentally friendly battery is long - lasting and high voltage
The discovery means solar cell manufacturers can create stacked solar cells that can handle high - intensity solar energies without losing voltage at the connecting junctions, potentially improving conversion efficiency.
This discovery means that solar cell manufacturers can now create stacked cells that can handle these high - intensity solar energies without losing voltage at the connecting junctions, thus potentially improving conversion efficiency.
This magnetic effect progressively reduces the critical current level, making it easier to create a normal conductor and produce voltage spikes.
Changes in the atoms» spin rate correspond to an oscillation in the DC magnetic fields, creating alternating current (AC) electronic signals, or voltages at the light detector, which are more useful for communications.
Efforts include cutting down on the number of transformations the electricity itself must undergo before achieving the correct operating voltage; rearranging the stacks of servers and the mechanics of their cooling; and using software to create multiple «virtual» computers, rather than having to deploy several real ones.
That's a good way to juxtapose and create high voltages,» said Ramakrishna Podila, corresponding author of the study and an assistant professor of physics at Clemson.
In effect, voltages applied at the 50 - nm - wide gate region can create a barrier cutting off one portion of the material from the other or, conversely, offering a passage from the one side to the other.
In their experiments, the researchers heated one side of the Permalloy - silicon bi-layer sandwich to create a temperature gradient, which generated an electrical voltage in the bi-layer.
Moreover, at Pennsylvania State University, Qiming Zhang and his research group have managed to lower the activation voltages of certain electrostrictive polymers by combining them with other substances to create composites.
«We therefore use a short, high - voltage discharge of 5000 volts to vaporise some of the water in a glass tank and create the plasma ball.»
In this new study, the team took advantage of graphene's mechanical «stretchability» to tune the output frequency of their custom oscillator, creating a nanomechanical version of an electronic component known as a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO).
«Inserting various polyatomic ions in higher voltage hosts, we eventually aim to create higher - energy batteries at a lower price, especially for electric vehicles.»
Vernet says the electric wind is created by plasma actuators, devices that apply a high voltage between two electrodes.
But a group of researchers has created a semiconductor that can switch from being magnetic to nonmagnetic and back, depending on the voltage applied to it.
The flashlight's battery is far too small to create a plasma on its own, so the researchers use a common electronic device known as a DC booster to step up the voltage to 10 kilovolts.
Instead, they lift the voltage of the membrane, changing the neuron's properties for few hundred milliseconds, creating conditions for reliable signal transmission from retina to cortex.
The new method to create monolayer atomic crystal molecular superlattices uses a process called «electrochemical intercalation,» in which a negative voltage is applied.
Its developers hope that with some further optimization, the warm fuel cell will create higher voltages at greater efficiencies than its predecessors
A major challenge in tapping such electrical potential is that the voltage created is tiny — a fraction of that generated by a standard AA battery.
A major challenge in tapping this electrical potential is that the voltage created is tiny — a fraction of that generated by an AA battery.
As voltage is applied, the reactor shakes — at a higher, 390 Hz frequency compared with the tip - sonicator — creating bubbles in the solution within the reactor.
In many of these applications, she says, there can be an internal voltage gradient created within the thin - film material, and this «electric potential» gradient causes strong electric fields.
As an added benefit, the superlattice stack generates an internal voltage that is expected to drive holes to the material's surface, where they can react to create fuels.
Their goal was to apply a small amount of voltage to create an electric field and control the 2 - D compound's magnetism, giving them the ability to switch it on and off.
The small gap created is necessary for generating a large gradient for a given voltage.
Francis, along with Jim Holmes, chief technology officer, has been working at perfecting the design procedures, tools, characterization, and modeling approaches necessary to create the high - temperature, high - voltage electronics capable of operating at temperatures beyond 600 degrees Fahrenheit (315 degrees Celsius).
In fact, he is so committed he created and uses a wearable device that delivers a low voltage shock whenever the user commits a bad habit.
As I not have some difficult problem, some drama in my life, I have not «voltage» to create...
The powertrain is topped by a voltage - control unit that boosts and regulates the electricity created by the hydrogen fuel - cell stack, which is 33 - percent smaller than before thanks to cells that are 20 - percent thinner (down to a single millimeter per cell).
In the middle of an impulse voltage generator the size of a house, the Audi e-prototype is targeted with a flashover voltage, creating a light show and a crackle over the roof measuring 82 feet tall.
High - voltage alternating current is passed across two electrodes, which creates low - temperature plasma.
Or would the ground circuit not create enough resistance to show a voltage drop?
The two batteries fight each other creating a short circuit between them, it is highly unlikely that there would be a negative voltage reaching any ECU high enough to do any damage.
Attached to the end of the coil is an interrupter or trembler, a magnetically operated switch or relay, which repeatedly breaks the primary current to create flux (changes) in the transformer needed to produce high voltage.
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