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“Waste Heat” Can Be Converted Into Electricity, Research Finds

“Harnessing a phenomenon called the Rashba spin-Seebeck effect will enable commercial devices to turn waste heat from computers, cars, and solar cells into electricity Mechanical engineers at the University of California, Riverside, have reported success in using inexpensive materials to …

Mysteries of Nickel Oxide - a Promising Spintronic Material - Are Revealed

“UC Riverside team determines how electron spins interact with crystal lattice in nickel oxide Researchers at UC Riverside used an unconventional approach to determine the strength of the electron spin interactions with the optical phonons in antiferromagnetic nickel oxide (NiO …

A Wolverine Inspired Material

“Scientists, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries, electronic devices, and robots. The findings …

UCR Researchers Discover New Method to Dissipate Heat in Electronic Devices

“Controlling the flow of heat through semiconductor materials is an important challenge in developing smaller and faster computer chips, high-performance solar panels, and better lasers and biomedical devices. For the first time, an international team of scientists led by a …