Sentences with phrase «current application of materials»

Her approach to teaching art heavily relies in history to support current application of materials and lesson objectives.

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The material they were using, antimony sulfide, is a molten semiconductor, which normally would not allow for the kind of electrolytic process that is used to produce aluminum and some other metals through the application of an electric current.

A new, lightweight composite material for energy storage in flexible electronics, electric vehicles and aerospace applications has been experimentally shown to store energy at operating temperatures well above current commercial polymers, according to a team of Penn State scientists.

A paper outlining the characteristics and applications of the unique, self - healing sensor has been published in the current issue of Advanced Materials.

The discovery, which relies on the separation of right - and left - «handed» particles, points to a range of potential applications in energy, quantum computing, and medical imaging, and possibly even a new mechanism for inducing superconductivity — the ability of some materials to carry current with no energy loss.

Besides direct application of heat, heat energy can be stored by passing an electric current through the material or irradiating it with light, enabling the repeated absorption and release of heat energy by a variety of methods.

«Although some aspects of normal state spin electronics, or spintronics, are more efficient than standard semiconductor electronics, the large - scale application has been prevented because the large charge currents required to generate spin currents waste too much energy,» said Professor Mark Blamire of Cambridge's Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, who led the research.

«Based on the overview of the fabrication, properties and possible applications of CNT - based TCFs, it can be concluded that current CNT - based TCFs still do not meet the demands of performance / cost for industrial use,» write the researchers in their review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

The discovery in the 1980s of «high - temperature» superconductors that work at warmer temperatures (though still not room temperature) was a giant step forward, offering scientists the hope that a complete understanding of what enables these materials to carry loss - free current would help them design new materials for everyday applications.

Halas, Rice's Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science and nanoengineering, said hot electrons are particularly interesting for solar - energy applications because they can be used to create devices that produce direct current or to drive chemical reactions on otherwise inert metal surfaces.

The interesting electronic and magnetic properties of this polymer will continue to be explored, with the aim of making highly magnetic materials for use in data storage applications, key to improving the performance of current computer technologies.

The overwhelming current focus on graphene, discovered by A.K. Geim and K. Novoselov in 2004, is driven by the considerable and tantalizing potential that this material offers in conventional as well as radically new fields of ICT applications.

Thermoelectric materials produce electricity by exploiting the flow of thermal current from a warmer area to a cooler area and are currently used in both subsea and aerospace applications.

Testing indicates that use of the material is superior to current methods, and its application could lead to huge monetary savings, as well as a positive impact on the climate.

Indeed, the ultra-rapid control of materials with light sources is of great current interest for the scientific community and for the possible technological ramifications of these applications.»

Dr. Rosso's current projects include the following: (1) characterizing the kinetics and mechanisms of elementary charge and ion transport processes in redox transformation of iron oxide minerals, (2) predicting molecular - scale electron transfer kinetics in microbially - mediated reduction of bioavailable iron in subsurface environments, (3) studying mechanisms of heterogeneous reduction of contaminant U (VI) and Tc (VII) by Fe (II)- bearing minerals, (4) simulation of coupled charge and ion transport in transition metal oxide electrodes for advanced materials applications, (5) probing mechanisms and kinetics of mineral transformation to metal carbonates for geological carbon sequestration, and (6) studying mechanisms of uptake and retention of uranium in sediments.

Prof. Su's current research fields include the design, the synthesis, the property study and the molecular engineering of nanostructures and highly organized and hierarchically self - assembled porous materials, bio-integrated living and bio-inspired materials including leaf - like materials by the immobilization of living organisms and biomaterials for catalysis, photocatalysis, CO2 reduction and water splitting, artificial photosynthesis, nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, energy storage and conversion, cell therapy and biomedical applications.

The principle of piezoelectricity describes the capacity of certain materials to deform upon the application of an electrical current and to return to their original state when the current is removed.

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In regards to the second incorrect premise, it is clear from the materials Peter filed from the pending proceedings that Peter's concern with the current application is not, strictly speaking, Karl's capacity to grant a power of attorney.

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