https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1108.3826/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3084506urn:hackerpapers:mention:1108.3826:3084506Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:53:59 GMT<p>They didn&#x27;t heat one side, they heated all of it. The electrons became mobile and moved from the n-side to the p-side. What&#x27;s interesting is that the electrons got exited but the nuclei did not. So the nuclei stay in their pattern while the electrons flow. Edit: all I know is what I read in the press release :) Here&#x27;s the actual paper http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3826</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1108.3826/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.mes-hallhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3083994urn:hackerpapers:mention:1108.3826:3083994Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:03:39 GMT<p>This effect was seen before, but had been dismissed as a photoelectric effect. http://www.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/graphene-thermoelectric-1... And here&#x27;s the actual paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3826</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1108.3826/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.mes-hall