Molecular thermal motion, he says, provides a small amount of energy, but liquids and gases are found everywhere. “If their motion can be converted into electricity , the potential is very huge.

The molecules in the liquid bumped into the miniature strands of zinc oxide, says Luan, and the device generated a small voltage of 2.28 millivolts and a 2.47 nanoampere current.

In an article published in APL Materials ("Molecular thermal motion harvester for electricity conversion"), Luan and his collaborators tested a molecular energy harvesting device that captures the ...

Researchers tested a molecular energy harvesting device that captures the energy from the natural motion of molecules in a liquid. Their work showed molecular motion can be used to generate a ...

The article “Molecular thermal motion harvester for electricity conversion” is authored by Yucheng Luan, Fengwei Huo, Mengshi Lu, Wei Li, and Tonghao Wu. It will appear in APL Materials on Oct ...

All objects with a temperature above absolute zero emit infrared radiation as a result of the thermal motion of their molecules. Infrared thermography (IRT) is an imaging modality that can be used ...

Tiny thermal sensor shows how molecules can mute heat like music. Story by Science X staff • 11m.

A research team has synthesized three-dimensionally shaped molecules containing an internal twist and shown that they possess ...

This thermal motion, Hoffman says, provides a source of energy that these molecular machines can harness for their work; but it is also responsible for breaking bonds between molecules.