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AssigneesKansas State University Research Foundation, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
InventorsBret N. Flanders, Krishna R. Panta, Christine Orme
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Methods and apparatus for stochastically heating charged reactants by applying a random (stochastic) voltage signal to a working electrode, thereby inducing a stochastic electric field. By agitating the charged species in the interfacial region adjacent the working electrode or other target substrate, the stochastic electric field increases the effective temperature of the charged species while scarcely affecting any surrounding neutral molecules (e.g., water). This effect increases the reaction rates in the interfacial region and can allow the reactants to achieve rates that are commensurate with physically inaccessible temperatures in common solutions.
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