Electrical Resistance on the Move

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Uploaded by on Dec 19, 2011

In the first fraction of a second electrons flowing through a material (i.e. electricity), they move unimpeded. By "holes" in a resisting material almost immediately begin to resist the flow.

Researchers have captured the onset of electrical resistance.

In this animation of their computational work, the electrons (blue) and atomic nuclei missing an electron -- also called "holes" (because electrons "drop" into them -- (red) show how electrical flow (green) is impeded.

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  • this is part of the solution for creating the energy of the future...

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