Thermoelectricity in Topological Flat-Band Compounds (TU Wien, et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Topological Flat-Band-Driven Metallic Thermoelectricity" was published by researchers at TU Wien, Los Alamos National Lab, Flatiron Institute and others. Abstract "Materials where flattened electronic dispersions arise from destructive phase interference, rather than localized orbitals, have emerged as promising platforms for studying emergent quantum phenome... » read more

System Bits: Oct. 22


Untangled nanotubes Carbon nanotubes are lightweight, strong and conduct electricity, which make them ideal components in new electronics devices, such as tablet computers and touchscreen phones, but cannot be used without being separated out from their natural tangled state. Researchers from Imperial College London have developed a way to unravel and apply carbon nanotubes in the laboratory a... » read more