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The research group put up a PDF (direct DropBox link is theirs) here: https://windlgroup.engineering.osu.edu/publications https://windlgroup.engineering.osu.ed

• tbrownaw 12y ago
  Cool. """The displacements of atoms locally affect the orbital motion of valence band electrons, which, in the presence of an external magnetic field[...]. The process is modelled by ab initio calculations that, without the use of a single adjustable parameter, reproduce the observed 12% decrease in the lattice thermal conductivity[...]""" Because the bonds between atoms are based on electrons, they can be affected by magnetic fields. Which means that materials can have different properties when exposed to magnetic fields, even if they're not magnetic themselves. We understand this well enough to model it exactly, at least in simple cases.
  • throwaway854652 12y ago
    So ... Val Kilmer in "Real Genius" was right that freezing a liquid laser increases the efficiency, and 30 years ago at that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Genius http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Genius