Whoever penned the old adage “a watched pot never boils” surely never tried to heat up water in a pot lined with copper nanorods. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute show that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is required to bring water to boil. This increase in efficiency could impact on cooling computer chips, improving heat transfer systems and reducing costs for industrial boiling applications. (source: news.rpi.edu)
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