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• New thermoelectric material developed with high power factor at room temp

  Collaboration between Osaka University (Japan) and Hitachi, Ltd. has led to the development of a new thermoelectric material, ytterbium silicide (YbSi2), which has demonstrated a high power factor even at room temperature. details>>

• European scientists detect fast-flowing heat in layered material heterostructures

  Scientists from the Graphene Flagship, a European research consortium of more than 150 academic and industrial groups that launched in 2013, have detected and followed in real-time the out-of-plane heat transfer of graphene in van der Waals heterostructures. details>>

• German researchers control heat transfer with nanostructures

  Researchers from the University of Bayreuth (Germany) have for the first time demonstrated four different methods for achieving precise control of temperature-dependent thermal conductivity in photonic crystals. details>>

• New research uses magnet to generate electricity from heat

  Researchers from the University of Tokyo (Japan) and from RIKEN, a research institute located in Wako, Japan, have discovered the anomalous Nernst effect in an antiferromagnet for the first time, which demonstrates potential future exploration of thermoelectric materials. details>>

• Wrinkles enhance thermal conductivity of pillared graphene

  A recent study at Rice University has examined the thermal transport capability of pillared graphene, a theoretical material that was hypothesized by university researchers, and determined that asymmetric junctions that caused wrinkles would enhance the thermal conductivity of the material. details>>

• Swiss researchers create prototype of non-flammable sodium battery

  Researchers from Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology in Dubendorf, and the University of Geneva (Switzerland) have developed an initial prototype of a solid-state sodium battery that promises greater safety from thermal runaway and enhanced energy storage. details>>

• Researchers use microchannels to cool high-powered processors from underside

  Researchers have developed a novel cooling method for high-powered processors that incorporates microchannels into the silicon interposer to cool the chips from the top and bottom with liquid cooling. details>>

• Liquid metal used to create 2-D materials not found in nature

  Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) in Australia have created two-dimensional materials that are only a few atoms thick by dissolving metals in liquid metals to create oxide layers that can be easily peeled away. details>>

• White paper explores techniques for measuring thermal resistance of cold plates

  A newly published white paper from Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) gives engineers tips on how to measure the thermal resistance of a microchannel cold plate inside a liquid cooling system. details>>

• New theory gives scientists greater control of properties of 2-D materials

  Researchers at Pennsylvania State University (University Park, Pa.) have theorized a method for controlling the grain boundaries of 2-D materials, areas where clusters of atoms meet other clusters on a substrate, which would give scientists greater influence over the properties of the materials that they are creating. details>>