Thin Films Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Tiny Biological Fuel Cells Could Power Future Implants https://www.greenoptimistic.com/georgia-molecular-wire-brushes-20090620/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/georgia-molecular-wire-brushes-20090620/#respond Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:13:37 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3764 Scientists at the University of Georgia have discovered a new way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges. According to the researchers, this discovery is the first step in developing fuel cells for devices such as cochlear implants, prosthetic limbs and pacemakers.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/georgia-molecular-wire-brushes-20090620/feed/ 0 3764 World's Thinnest Superconductor Ever Created https://www.greenoptimistic.com/worlds-thinnest-superconductor-ever-created-20090610/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/worlds-thinnest-superconductor-ever-created-20090610/#respond Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:34:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3722 Dr. Ken Shih and some of his physicist colleagues, have reported the development of the thinnest superconducting metal layer ever created, a superconducting sheet of lead only two atoms thick.

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