Why fast-response, non-contact temperature sensing is needed in biomedical research. How thin, transparent film is used to create the Seebeck effect to measure temperature. The instrumentation ...

The spin Seebeck effect can be used to generate spin current over relatively long distances by simply applying a temperature gradient. Scientists in Japan 1 have demonstrated how to generate a pure ...

Thermoelectric (TE) conversion offers a carbon-free power generation from geothermal, waste, body or solar heat, and shows promise to be the next-generation energy conversion technology. At the core ...

Why heat flux (flow) is an important thermal parameter. How researchers have developed an innovative heat-flux sensor. Details on the performance of this sensor in flat and curved situations. We know ...

A research team proposes the direction for designing highly efficient spin Seebeck-based thermoelectric devices. Thermoelectric (TE) conversion offers a carbon-free power generation from geothermal, ...

Composite of thermoelectric and magnetic materials with high thermopower may open up a new way to wide-ranging energy applications A NIMS research team devised a new thermoelectric generation ...

A research team has demonstrated that a simple stack of thermoelectric and magnetic material layers can exhibit a substantially larger transverse thermoelectric effect -- energy conversion between ...