Jun 28, 2024 (Nanowerk Spotlight) The field of thermoelectric materials has long sought to harness waste heat and convert it into useful electricity. This technology holds immense potential for improving energy efficiency across numerous industries and applications. However, developing materials that can effectively convert heat to electricity, especially at high...
New method developed for measuring thermal expansion in atomically thin materials
Jun 28, 2024 (Nanowerk News) Advanced materials, including two-dimensional or atomically thin materials just a few atoms thick, are essential for the future of microelectronics technology. Now a team at Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a way to directly measure such materials’ thermal expansion coefficient, the rate at which...