Sound could save circuits: Researchers theorize acoustic waves may cool microelectronics
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 14:31
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Hot sounds" has one meaning to music fans and another to physicists. Count a team of researchers at Rice University among the latter, as they've discovered that acoustic waves traveling along ribbons of graphene might be just the ticket for removing heat from very tiny electronic devices.