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[Illinois] Nano EP Series: Thermoelectrics of Roughened Silicon Nanowire Arrays
Online Presentations | 12 Dec 2012 | Contributor(s):: Jyothi Sadhu
"Thermoelectrics of Roughened Silicon Nanowire Arrays"The possibility of using silicon as a thermoelectric material for waste heat recovery is technologically significant due to silicon's economy of scale and vast processing knowhow. Patterning silicon as nanowires with roughened sidewalls is...
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[Illinois] Nano EP Seminar Series: Thin-Film Nanocalorimetry of Lamellar Silver Alkanethiolate Crystals
Online Presentations | 26 Nov 2012 | Contributor(s):: Lito de la Rama
"Thin-Film Nanocalorimetry of Lamellar Silver Alkanethiolate Crystals"Materials exhibit unique thermodynamic properties at the nanoscale.The study of size-dependent phenomena is critical in our understanding of nanoscale systems.We have developed an ultra-sensitive, fast-scanning thin film...
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[Illinois] CSE Seminar Series: Advances in First-principles Computational Materials Science
Online Presentations | 20 Nov 2012 | Contributor(s):: Elif Ertekin
Title: Advances in first-principles computational materials science Subtitle: Things we can calculate now, that we couldn't when I was in grad school. The capability to rationally design new materials with tailored properties and functionality on a computer remains a grand challenge whose...
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Nano Solutions to Our Impending Energy Crisis
Online Presentations | 17 Nov 2012 | Contributor(s):: Ali Shakouri
In this talk we review some of the advances in nanoscale energy conversion devices and discuss about the challenges and opportunities to provide a clean energy infrastructure. Couple of examples from solar and thermoelectric materials, devices and systems will be given and the scale of the...
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Dynmical Models for Thermopower
Online Presentations | 19 Apr 2012 | Contributor(s):: Giulio Casati
Dynamical nonlinear systems provide a new approach to the old problem of increasing the efficiency of thermoelectric machines. Here we discuss stylized models of classical dynamics, including non interacting complex molecules in an ergodic billiard, a disordered hardpoint gas and systems with...
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ECE 656 Lecture 41: Transport in a Nutshell
Online Presentations | 21 Feb 2012 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
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ECE 656 Lecture 10: Thermoelectric Effects - (Electronic) Heat Flow
Online Presentations | 26 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:IntroductionHeat transport by current flowMathematical formulationDiscussionSummary
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ECE 656 Lecture 11: Coupled Current Equations and Thermoelectric Devices
Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:IntroductionCoupled flow equationsThermoelectric devicesDiscussionSummary
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ECE 656 Lecture 9: Thermoelectric Effects - Charge Flow
Online Presentations | 23 Sep 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Outline:IntroductionCharge transport in a temperature gradientMathematical formulationDiscussionSummary
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ECE 656: Electronic Transport in Semiconductors (Fall 2011)
Courses | 29 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
This course is about how charge flows in semiconductors with an emphasis on transport in nanoscale devices. The objective is to develop a broad understanding of basic concepts. The course is designed for those who work on electronic materials and devices – whether they are...
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Lecture 5: Thermoelectric Effects - Mathematics
Online Presentations | 16 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Beginning with the general model for transport, we mathematically deriveexpressions for the four thermoelectric transport coefficients:(i) Electrical conductivity,(ii) Seebeck coefficient (or "thermopower"),(iii) Peltier coefficient,(iv) Electronic heat conductivity.
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Lecture 4: Thermoelectric Effects-Physical Approach
Online Presentations | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
The effect of temperature gradients on current flow and how electrical currents produce heat currents are discussed.
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Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications
Courses | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Engineers and scientists working on electronic materials and devices need a working knowledge of "near-equilibrium" (also called "linear" or "low-field") transport. The term "working knowledge" means understanding how to use theory in practice. Measurements...
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2011 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Workshops | 20 Jul 2011
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Thermoelectric Effects
Teaching Materials | 30 Jun 2011 | Contributor(s):: Dragica Vasileska
This set of handwritten notes is part of the Semiconductor Transport class.
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On-Chip Thermoelectric Cooling Tool
Tools | 29 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Shuaib Salamat, David Alberto Saenz
Simulates an embedded spot peltier cooler on a chip 1D thermal profile.
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2010 NCN@Purdue Summer School: Electronics from the Bottom Up
Workshops | 20 Apr 2010
Electronics from the Bottom Up seeks to bring a new perspective to electronic devices – one that is designed to help realize the opportunities that nanotechnology presents.
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Limits of Thermal Processes and their Implications on Efficient Energy Utilization
Online Presentations | 19 Oct 2010 | Contributor(s):: Arunava Majumdar
About 90 percent of the world’s energy use involves thermal processes – thermal engines to generate mechanical power; heating and cooling in buildings; heating involved in manufacturing of steel, cement, glass, petrochemicals etc. To identify opportunities for improving current...
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Thermoelectric effects in semiconductor nanostructures: Role of electron and lattice properties
Presentation Materials | 29 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Abhijeet Paul, Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation covers some aspects of present development in the field of thermoelectricity and focuses particularly on the silicon nanowires as potential thermoelectric materials. The electronic and phonon dispersions are calculated and used for the calculation of thermoelectric properties in...
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Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics
Courses | 20 Jul 2010 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom
Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...