[NewCandle] Topological Insulators

[Jones Beene]

Nick, Keith

Why am I thinking "EVO" when I read this abstract? Did that occur to anyone
else?

I was struck with the notion that the "gas of quantum particles carrying
fractional statistics, consisting of the bound states of the electric charge
and the image magnetic monopole charge" might be the state (or inverse state
or template, whatever) that precedes EVO emission, or is at least somehow
related.

Maybe it will be like Plato's allegory of the cave wall. Everyone will see
what they want to see, I suppose.

Jones



-----Original Message-----
From: newcandle-bounces at ipdiscover.com 
Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Topological Insulators


Hi Keith,

Having worked in CdTe for about 17 years, I guess I have a natural penchant
for chalcogenides.  But more to the point, you will recall the oddball
effect I chased around about 8 years ago whilst on Vo, and then followed up
with a bit more recently, wherein I was seeing what appeared to be a
directed force effect on a Peltier chip under power, that acted congruently
in the direction of heat pumping.  That effect remains one of the very few
that still holds up to some of the best artifact reduction I could toss at
it.  However it also remains capricious as hell, with respect to some chips
showing the effect much more clearly than others.  Well, those devices
typically all use Bi2Te3 n and p doped couples.

Plus I'm a grand sucker for any of the three thermoelectric effects, and
Bi2Te3 is just so there for them, in my glee for Z.

I need to re-read this new paper... I missed the monopole reference!  as
Zippy would exclaim, "Yow!"

n

> From: Keith Nagel <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com>
> Subject: Re: [NewCandle] Topological Insulators
> To: "New energy for the new world." <newcandle at ipdiscover.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 4:27 PM
> According to ref 11 from this paper,
> magnetic monopoles can
> be induced in this material by electric charges. I wonder
> if anyone has actually measured that? Here's a link to
> the abstract for that ref,
> 
> http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/1167747
> 
> Epic win there if true... What got you interested in the
> Bismuth Telluride?
> 
> K.
> 



      

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