Yet more amazing nanotechnology to share with you today:
Researchers at Purdue University are working on creating a heat sink substrate that use “forests” of nanotubes which can dissipate the heat from electronic components more efficiently than the thermal grease that is presently used.
If you’ve opened up the chassis of your desktop PC lately, you know that the single largest object inside the case is the honking big heat sink/fan assembly that’s required to keep the computer’s processor from losing its magic smoke. In between the heat sink and the chip is a squiggle of thermal grease, usually made out of titanium, and a bit of iridium foil. The grease doesn’t last indefinitely, and the foil provides uneven contact, which doesn’t transfer heat consistently. But they’re developing a process for laying a substrate on the chip and then “growing” carbon nanotubes in high density. The tubes make better contact between the uneven surfaces and do not wear out.
Item #2 is the recent news that it may be possible to treat some cancers by injecting carbon nanotubes into cancerous growths and using radio frequency waves to excite the nanotubes, which heat up and destroy the cancer cells. The work is very preliminary, but promising.
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