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2008 MRS Spring Meeting: Energy Harvesting

Submitted by ztadmin on Tue, 2007-10-23 08:17
      From: Through: (check event website for times)
      Location: Moscone West and San Francisco Marriott - San Francisco, CA, USA
      Contact: Harry Radousky radousky1 [at] llnl [dot] gov
               Ph: +1 925-422-4478, FAX: +1 925-422-3519
      Abstract Due Date: November 1, 2007
      Higher Fees May Apply After:
      Info Last Updated: 2007-10-23

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Colossal Seebeck coefficient in strongly correlated semiconductor FeSb2

Submitted by ztadmin on Tue, 2007-10-23 07:57

A reader has brought to my attention the following remarkable paper:

A. Bentien, S. Johnsen, G. K. H. Madsen, B. B. Iversen, and F. Steglich, "Colossal Seebeck coefficient in strongly correlated semiconductor FeSb2," Europhysics Letters (EPL), pp. 17008, 2007.

Aparently due to strong corellation and d- character of the bands, FeSb2 exhibits at 12 K perhaps the largest electrical power factor ever reported:

 

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Notes from the 2007 ETS Board Meeting

Submitted by ztadmin on Tue, 2007-10-23 07:34

The Board of the European Thermoelectric Society met in Odessa on
September 9, 2007 prior to ECT2007.  The following is a brief summary of
some items of general interest discussed at the meeting.

Proposals to Organize ECT

The Board will ask for proposals to organize the annual European
Conference on Thermoelectrics (ECT) and make their decision two years in
advance.

Composition of the ETS Board and Selection Members

The ETS Board shall consist of three officers (President, Vice President

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+- Call For Proposals to Host ECT2010

Submitted by ztadmin on Tue, 2007-10-23 07:31

The European Thermoelectric Society is requesting proposals to host ECT2010, the 8th European Conference on Thermoelectrics, to be held in Europe in 2010.

Proposals should be submitted to the ETS President, Prof. Scherrer Hubert [dot] Scherrer [at] mines [dot] inpl-nancy [dot] fr (<Hubert [dot] Scherrer [at] mines [dot] inpl-nancy [dot] fr>), prior to ECT2008 to be held in Paris, France July 2-4, 2008.

The ETS Board will make their selection at the annual ETS Board Meeting to be held July 1, 2008.  For full consideration, please make submission sufficiently early to allow Prof. Scherrer and the ETS Board to ask questions regarding your proposal.

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E-MRS 2008 Spring Meeting: Unconv. Thermoelectrics

Submitted by ztadmin on Tue, 2007-10-23 07:06
      From: Through: (check event website for times)
      Location: Congress Center - Strasbourg, France
      Contact: Anke WEIDENKAFF anke [dot] weidenkaff [at] empa [dot] ch
               Ph: +41 44 823 4131, FAX: +41 44 823 4034
      Abstract Due Date: January 16, 2008
      Higher Fees May Apply After: April 17, 2008
      Info Last Updated: 2007-10-23

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ITS2009 & ETS2009

Submitted by ztadmin on Mon, 2007-10-22 03:05
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      Location: - Freiburg, Germany
      Contact: Dr. Harald Böttner harald [dot] boettner [at] ipm [dot] fraunhofer [dot] de
               Ph: 0049/761/8857-121, FAX: 0049/761/8857-224
      Abstract Due Date:
      Higher Fees May Apply After:
      Info Last Updated: 2007-10-22

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ECT2008, European Conference on Thermoelectrics

Submitted by ztadmin on Mon, 2007-10-22 02:48
      From: Through: (check event website for times)
      Location: Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), 11, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris. - Paris 5, France
      Contact: Prof. Claude Godart, Institut de Chimie et Matériaux Paris-Est (ICMPE) Thiais, France ect2008 [at] icmpe [dot] cnrs [dot] fr
               Ph: +33 1 49 78 12 47, FAX: +33 1 49 78 12 03
      Abstract Due Date: March 15, 2008
      Higher Fees May Apply After: May 30, 2008
      Info Last Updated: 2008-02-28

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Peltech

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Implantable Thermoelectric Device Helps Epilepsy

Submitted by ztadmin on Wed, 2007-09-05 14:38

This is actually a couple years old, but I stumbled across it today.

A team at Rensselaer and the Washington University of Medicine in St. Louis are developing a small, implantable  thermoelectric device and heat pipe to cool specific portions of the brain and help inhibit epileptic seizures.  The full story,

    http://news.rpi.edu/campusnews/update.do

indicates in 2005 they were moving toward testing in primates.

A journal review article on the subject is available:

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Thermoelectricity: Thermoelectric And Thermomagnetic Properties in Low-dimensional And Nanoscale Materials

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