1st BEST Series Talk

On 5th of November, the long awaited 1st BEST Series Talk was held at LT2 at 1600 to 1700 hours.

The main speaker, Dr. Palani Balaya talked about the "Anomalous behavious of nano-materials".

He shared about how nanostructures can play a part to be energy-saving and energy-efficient. 

*UPDATE : 

At 3.50pm most of the participants have been seated. The turnout was an overwhelming crowd of more that 50 people from diverse backgrounds. The audience comprise of people who are interested in how this new discovery can propel their innovative sense to greater heights and  people who are interested in the result itself. 

The audience were a very focused group of people. Nail-biting and pencil-biting are the common evidence that they(the audience) were deep in thought. Those who hail from non-scientific background will probably find the entire lecture too technical, whilst those from the engineering and science background will follow through easily.

The essence of Dr. Palani's talk was to introduce us to the newly discovered property of anomalous behaviour, and in particular, how it had increased the efficiency of energy storage and generation. 

We all know that semiconductors conduct electricity only when electrons 'jump' across the conduction band. The main idea here is that semiconductor materials are fabricated at the nano-level, such that the atoms are so closely packed together, and the size of atoms are that of the conduction band. This results in a drastic improvement in energy efficiency, as there will now be less resistance to current flow.

Overall, the talk received a warm applause from students and they seem to be looking forward to the next BEST series talk, which will be held in Semester 2.

From,
Franco and Jen Sern