GOLD 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

GOLD 2

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A scanning electron microscope image shows a single-crystal gold nanowire on a thermal oxide substrate. Rice University scientists showed that strain and defects in the material can change its thermoelectric response.

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Natelson Research Group/Rice University

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