Engineers 'Cook' New Heat-Harvesting Nanomaterials in Microwave Oven (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Engineers 'Cook' New Heat-Harvesting Nanomaterials in Microwave Oven

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Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed new thermoelectric nanomaterials, pictured above, that could lead to techniques for better capturing and putting this waste heat to work. The key ingredients for making marble-sized pellets of the new material are aluminum and a common, everyday microwave oven.

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Rensselaer/Ramanath

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