Quick-Cooking Nanomaterials to Make Tomorrow's Refrigerators (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Quick-Cooking Nanomaterials to Make Tomorrow's Refrigerators (2 of 3)

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Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method for creating advanced nanomaterials, based on the nanoplate seen here, that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no refrigerants and no moving parts. The key ingredients for this innovation are a dash of nanoscale sulfur and a normal, everyday microwave oven.

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Rensselaer/Ramanath

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