Electric field boosts heat-carrying vibrations in ceramic (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Electric field boosts heat-carrying vibrations in ceramic

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Yellow waves show propagating atomic vibrations observed at ORNL’s Spallation Neutron Source. In a smart, switchable ceramic, an electric field aligns charges so vibrations along white field lines travel farther with fewer disruptions — boosting heat flow nearly threefold. 

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Phoenix Pleasant/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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