Axil, I think the paper & AFM measurements by Chen Peng re catalytic action occurring at openings and defects in nanotubes supports your focus on "patterned surface" since each time the pattern repeats you are creating catalytic action over and over again in a confined area. Stiction forces being the bane to creating these geometries and the reason the anomaly is so hard to find in nature and why production of skeletal cats or activated nano powders is so difficult / pyrophoric.
Still need further clarification of your response[snip] This is an example of how Anderson localization of plasmons in the form of collective oscillations of the free electron gas density on the surface of the lattice can catalyze LENR.[/snip]. What is free electron gas density on surface of lattice? ... are we talking free electrons from metal bonding of lattice material or free electrons from disassociated hydrogen gas? I know plasmons are sometimes refered to as a mirrored effect so you can see why I am unsure if you are talking lattice phenomena from below or exotic hydrogen states from above. Fran Axil Axil <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]&q=from:%22Axil+Axi l%22> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:06:22 -0800 <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]&q=date:20130211> I have just posted a reference (Plasmons on a patterned surface can enhance the production of bright electron beams) that describes how a properly configured patterned surface of cavities and mounds can convert the heat in the form of plasmons present in a lattice into electrons localized on that surface. This is an example of how Anderson localization of plasmons in the form of collective oscillations of the free electron gas density on the surface of the lattice can catalyze LENR. More generally, this shows how the proper structuring of materials can be formulated to engineer localized concentrations of electrons in response to the application <http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg76604.html> of heat to the surface of the lattice. These localized areas of high electron density form the active nuclear areas where the lowering of the coulomb barrier is greatly enhanced. This is a similar mechanism to the crack method called out in Ed Storms theory where the cracks in the lattice localizes, pins down and concentrates surface electrons under the stimulus of heat in and around the cracks on the surface of the lattice. Admittedly, breaking of chemical bonds may not be the appropriate term for processes so described. Topological construction in materials might be a better term even if this type of process might well be a chemical one.
