Sentences with phrase «material electrical conductivity»

These analyses showed that the iodine atoms in the carbon nanorings form extended polyiodide chains when stimulated by electricity, which gave the material electrical conductivity.

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The patent, a 28 - page request for «Systems, Method, and Apparatus for Curing Conductive Paste,» allows Tesla to bond solar cell - embedded tiles with an adhesive that is thermally cured under heat, and enables electrical conductivity between the bonded materials.

«The same factors which affect electrical conductivity ─ temperature, water content, and the presence of molten material (magma) ─ also affect the viscosity or strength.

«The same factors that affect electrical conductivity — temperature, water content and the presence of molten material — also affect the viscosity or strength.

The team determined that local electrical conductivity within the material directly depended on the shapes of the niobate octahedra in the layers.

Due to the combination of both materials, when bent, the electrical conductivity is greater all in all than in a layer that is made purely of conductive polymer or a layer made purely of metal nanoparticles.

Ultimately, the organic compounds act as» hinges»: if the material is bent, they maintain the electrical conductivity.

High electrical conductivity and large accessible surface area, which are required for ideal electrode materials in energy devices, are opposed to each other in current materials.

Many people picture electrical conductivity as the flow of charged particles (mainly electrons) without really thinking about the atomic structure of the material through which those charges are moving.

That, however, is just «one piece of the puzzle,» Chen says: In order to be useful for thermoelectric devices, a material must combine low thermal conductivity with high electrical conductivity.

At CNMS, Ming - Wei Lin and Kai Xiao measured physical properties, including electrical conductivity, of various promising 2D materials.

Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and alumnus Navid Sakhavand first built atom - level computer models of pillared graphene — sheets of graphene connected by covalently bonded carbon nanotubes — to discover their strength and electrical properties as well as their thermal conductivity.

A film with higher resistance has lower electrical conductivity, meaning that more voltage must be applied to send a signal through it, which further degrades the material.

The electrical conductivity of the material provided another hint of superionic ice: The level of conductivity was consistent with expectations for that phase of matter.

The material that Wang and his team created restores all properties needed for use as a dielectric in wearable electronics — mechanical strength, breakdown strength to protect against surges, electrical resistivity, thermal conductivity and dielectric, or insulating, properties.

New technology that could enhance both the electrical and thermal conductivity of conventional composite materials has been developed thanks to a collaboration between the University of Surrey, University of Bristol and the aerospace company Bombardier.

In this manner stability and conductivity can be improved to such an extent that the material can be deployed not only as a blocking layer, but even as a transparent, electrical contact.

The ideal TE material combines high electrical conductivity, allowing the current to flow, with low thermal conductivity, which prevents the temperature gradient from evening out.

Less than two years ago, Kanatzidis and his team, with postdoctoral fellow Lidong Zhao as protagonist, identified tin selenide as a surprisingly good thermoelectric material; it is a poor conductor of heat (much like wood)-- a desirable property for a thermoelectric — while maintaining good electrical conductivity.

In certain magnetic materials, the electrical conductivity of a thin layer of material changes in steps as a small magnetic field is varied, increasing and decreasing in jumps of a certain size.

The technology patented by the UJI combines graphene and organometallic compounds in a single material without altering the most interesting properties of graphene, such as its electrical conductivity.

The study, published in Nature Materials, investigated the electrical conductivity of a solid electrolyte, a system of positive and negative atoms on a crystal lattice.

Electrical conductivity, a measure of how strongly a given material conducts the flow of electric current, is generally understood in terms of Ohm's law, which states that the conductivity is independent of the magnitude of an applied electric field, i.e. the voltage per metre.

Computer simulations have revealed how the electrical conductivity of many materials increases with a strong electrical field in a universal way.

Hence, the research team recognized this need for a good anode material that could offer high electrical conductivity and theoretical capacity.

One of the difficulties involved in developing thermo - electric systems that convert heat into electric current is the need for materials exhibiting high electrical conductivity but low thermal conductivity, which is only possible with complicated crystal structures.

«Now we want to show not only that we can pass DNA through graphene but that we can use it as a sensing material because of its electrical conductivity.»

Resume: High efficiency thermoelectric materials are characterized by high electrical conductivities and Seebeck coefficients and low thermal conductivities.

High efficiency thermoelectric materials are characterized by high electrical conductivities and Seebeck coefficients and low thermal conductivities.

Nature provides materials in which the electrical and thermal conductivity are strongly linked, resulting in a seeming limit to the achievable efficiency of a thermoelectric.

A new technology developed by researchers in Italy and the United Kingdom allows for the creation of graphene - based materials that can be interfaced with neurons without losing its electrical conductivity.

One answer could lie with an unusual form of electrical conductivity that takes place at the junction of two oxides, materials made of oxygen and metal.

It is based on a novel elastic material composite, which is biocompatible and retains high electrical conductivity even when stretched to double its original length.

The new material developed by the multidisciplinary research team is composed of collagen (the most abundant protein of the human body which has known regenerative potential and can support the body's cells) and graphene (the world's thinnest material which is known to have unique mechanical and electrical properties) resulting in an electroconductive «biohybrid» combining the beneficial properties of both materials — resulting in a material which is mechanically stronger, with increased electrical conductivity.

In numerous tests, the researcher and his team investigated the nano - material graphene, whose extremely high specific surface area of up to 2,600 m2 / g and high electrical conductivity practically cries out for use as an electrode material.

Year 5 - compare and group together everyday materials on the basis of their properties, including their transparency, conductivity (electrical and...

In a related paper, published in April's Nature Materials, Merck Chemicals in the United Kingdom developed a new polymer whose electrical mobility, related to conductivity, is the highest so far in a polymer, endowing the new polymer with performance comparable to amorphous silicon.

With its high electrical and thermal conductivity, copper is an ideal material for heat exchanger applications, like this copper heat sink for an LED light bulb.

It consists of an interior conductive material that has a greater electrical conductivity than the clip's exterior isolating material.