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Silicon Nanowires (2 of 2)

Caption: Rough silicon nanowires synthesized by Berkeley Lab researchers demonstrated high performance thermoelectric properties even at room temperature when connected between two suspended heating pads. In this illustration, one pad serves as the heat source (pink), the other as the sensor.

Credit: Courtesy of Peidong Yang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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