What these topologic materials do is impose order on electron behavior at the boundaries of the bulk material through structural and/or crystal organization of the various constituent atom types inside the bulk.
The electric fields of these bulk atoms control what the surface electrons do on the boundaries by projecting electric and magnetic fields to the surface of the bulk. One important characteristic of these surface electrons is superconductivity. With superconductivity comes coherent and entangled electron and/or proton behavior. This collective wave like behavior is what overcomes the coulomb barrier. Oftentimes, surface irregularities such as cracks, pits and inclusions, on the surface of the material will amplify these projected electromagnet fields that centralize, focus, and concentrate reactive LENR behavior on the surface of the bulk topologic material. Cheers: Axil On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]>wrote: > > Dear Eric, >> I don't think the walls of the nano-voids are real insulators. >> However it seems (as DGTG alludes to) very intense electric and magnetic >> phenomena take place in the special void places. And the nano-voids are >> highly dynamic, open and shut and open again and this converts LENR in >> LENR+. >> Peter >> > > The term "topological insulator" is a little bit of a misnomer. If I have > understood what I have read, a typical topological insulator has a band gap > in the bulk and is gapless at the surface. I believe some topological > insulators can become topological superconductors when appropriately doped. > > What is interesting in this regard is the surface effect and the > connection to the doping of the material. I don't think the bulk of the > LENR substrate would need to have a band gap for this kind of effect to be > potentially relevant, nor do I see a requirement for superconductivity. > Perhaps when there are sufficient impurities at the outermost layers, a > gap develops and the behavior changes. Condensed matter is a fascinating > topic. The geometry, the kinds of atoms at different lattice sites, the > pressure and temperature of the material, all of these dimensions can > affect the electronic and magnetic characteristics of the material. > > Eric > >
