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<div>Environment and Sustainability Seminar Series<br>
Sponsored by the MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment</div>
<div><http://lfee.mit.edu></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Nanotechnology: Enabling Efficient Direct
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<div><font color="#000000">Gang Chen<br>
Mechanical Engineering Department</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Massachusetts Institute of
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<div><font color="#000000">Wednesday, February 25</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">12:00 - 1:30 p.m.</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000">Room E40-496</font><br>
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<div><font color="#000000">Abstract<br>
Nanotechnology represents a "small" world, while energy systems
are big. How nanotechnology may impact energy conversion?
In this talk, I will discuss the potential of nanotechnology in
enabling efficient, direct, thermal to electric energy conversion
systems. The efficiency of these systems is often limited by
materials properties. Through the use of nanostructures to
engineer the transport of electrons, phonons, and photons, new
nanostructured-materials are being developed that hold the promise to
significantly change the landscape of energy conversion.</font><br>
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<div>Light refreshments will be provided.</div>
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<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">Karen L.
Gibson</font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">Program
Assistant</font></div>
<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">MIT Laboratory For Energy and
the Environment</font></div>
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