News From the Field Ultrafast Laser Spectrometer Measures Heat Flow Through Molecules
August 9, 2007
| As reported in the August 10 issue of the journal Science, Dana Dlott, engineering professor David Cahill, and colleagues at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have now developed an ultrafast thermal measurement technique capable of exploring heat transport in extended molecules fastened at one end to a metal surface. Full story |
Source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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