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EnerDel Teams With Nissan on Electrolyte Research at Argonne Lab

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Cells with these new silane electrolytes exhibit long calendar life; they show no impedance rise after aging at 80% state of charge and 55 °C for one year. Full cell performance tests with LiNi 0.08 O 2 as the positive electrode and MCMB graphite as the negative electrode showed excellent cyclability both at room temperature and at 40 °C.

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What the Well-Dressed Spacecraft Will Be Wearing

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In each case, electronic fabrics sensitive to vibrations and charge could serve as a foundational technology. Piezoelectric materials produce surface charge when subject to mechanical deformation. We have also worked with the Rhode Island School of Design on fabric manufacturing.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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Mr. Smith, who was in charge of the computer’s entire digital hardware design, and Mr. Herzfeld became close friends and often collaborated. After thinking about the problem for three months, Mr. Smith concluded in July 1982 that “the difference in size between this chip and the state of Rhode Island is not very great.”

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