At 09:42 am 09/01/2006 +1100, Robin wrote:
>Hi,
>
>This http://www.physorg.com/news9639.html could be used to create
>a conducting material with surface holes of 45.58 nm. This size
>should act as a resonant cavity for 27.2 eV, making the material a
>permanent Mills catalyst, potentially with a power output of kWs /
>cm^2.
>
>Regards,
>
>Robin van Spaandonk
Interesting article.
Regarding the following excerpt....
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"The Columbia/IBM team has borrowed ideas from the
natural world, in which the right conditions can
stimulate the slow growth of highly uniform
structures out of miniature building blocks."
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....the sexiest recent example of finding the right conditions
to grow things is the Russian discovery how to manufacture gem
quality diamonds by crystallizing them under pressure in molten
iron.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/diamond.html
In effect one is providing,
"the right conditions [to] stimulate the slow
growth of highly uniform structures out of
miniature building blocks"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - of carbon atoms.
By crystallizing the atoms out it molten iron one is effectively
lowering the denominator pressure and so that one doesn't have
to provide so much numerator pressure.
You could say that the previous method of diamond manufacture
was the "Hot Fusion" approach, whereas the Russian method is
the "Cold Fusion" approach - or will be when people get around
to recognising the fact. 8-)
Cheers,
Frank Grimer
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"Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing;
Your robes are green and purple -- there's a crest upon your head;
Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!"
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