This Design Idea describes a method by which you can detect and assess air or liquid fluid flow using an externally heated semiconductor diode. Airflow across the heated diode reduces its temperature, ...

Think of a data diode as the digital equivalent of a mechanical check valve—it forces network traffic to flow in one ...

Heat management at the nanoscale has long been a cornerstone of advanced technological applications, ranging from high-performance electronics to quantum computing. Addressing this critical challenge, ...

Diode editors: (left-right) Yanwu Xie, Yishuai Wang and Meng Zhang in their laboratory at Zhejiang University. (Courtesy: Yanwu Xie) Like a two-lane highway with one lane empty and the other clogged ...

A semiconductor diode is a non-linear device whose most outstanding feature is the fact that, basically, current is only allowed to flow in one direction. The diode is built by joining together two ...

How a Virginia Tech research team constructed its novel thermal diode. Test results of the thermal diode. Electrical engineers are obviously very familiar and comfortable with the basic diode, a ...