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January 16, 2015

Developing New Materials For Energy Transduction
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2015
Transduction involving the conversion of energy from one form into another is common in many military and space devices, such as communications antennas (radio waves to electrical signals), thermoelectric generators (heat to electricity) and electric motors (electromagnetic to kinetic energy). Research efforts to develop new transductional materials, however, have largely been limited to laboratory demonstrations and haven't always resulted in new capabilities or significant size, weight, and powe ... read more

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