Nov 06, 2012
Molecular Dynamics simulations of heat transfer based in Statistical Mechanics that assume the atoms in nanostructures have heat capacity are invalidated by Quantum Corrections that require the heat capacity to vanish at the nanoscale
Oct 30, 2012
Quantum mechanics by requiring the heat capacity of the atom to vanish at the nanoscale precludes verification of the Wiedemann-Franz law in nanowires by Fourier derivations of thermal conductivity
Oct 25, 2012
Molecular dynamics simulations show the stiffening of nanowires in tensile tests is caused by hydrostatic tension produced by the repulsion of atoms from charges created by the QED induced photoelectric effect
Sep 05, 2012
The stiffening of nanowires is a quantum mechanical effect creating photons that by the photoelectric effect charge the wire, the charge repulsion producing an internal pressure that enhances the Young’s modulus measured in the tensile test
Sep 01, 2012
The unphysical explanations of heat transfer at the nanoscale by classical physics is avoided by quantum mechanics
Aug 27, 2012
At Nano 2012 held at the Birmingham ICC, heat transfer in nanoelectronics by quantum mechanics was contrasted with classical physics in discussions of memristors, the Ovshinsky Effect, 1/f noise, the Landauer limit, and heat dissipation in circuits
Aug 25, 2012
The similarity of QED tunneling to the Schrodinger equation refutes the Hartman effect that suggest photons at superluminal velocity are created in the gap between double prisms with extensions made to near-field heat transfer and the Casimir force
Jul 13, 2012
Claims by Yale researchers that the thermal Casimir force as predicted by Lifshitz was observed for the first time are questionable because of corrections made to the measurements to account for the electrostatic charge created in the experiment
Jun 16, 2012
QED converts the stored energy of non-propagating evanescent waves to photons that propagate through double prisms to the outside world thereby supporting Winful’s argument that superluminal velocities do not occur in the Hartman effect
Jun 11, 2012
Natural self-assembly of proteins thought to occur by weak intermolecular van der Waals attraction is superseded by strong attraction from the polarizabilty of the protein in the UV radiation field produced by the proteins themselves