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Physicists look to crystal device for future of fusion
Mark Peplow, London
Nature 434, 1057 (28 April 2005) | doi: 10.1038/4341057a
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7037/full/4341057a.html
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v434/n7037/pdf/4341057a.pdf

Putterman, a physicist at the University of California, Los Angeles, has turned a tiny crystal into a particle accelerator. When its electric field is focused by a tungsten needle, it fires deuterium ions into a target so fast that the colliding nuclei fuse to create a stream of neutrons... Putterman is not claiming to have created a source of virtually unlimited energy, because the reaction isn't self-sustaining... "The amazing thing is that the crystal can be used as an accelerator without plugging it in to a power station," says Putterman. Putterman got the idea when he delivered a lecture on sonoluminescence and energy focusing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Physicist Ahmet Erbil suggested that Putterman should instead consider ferroelectricity.

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Thanks for the links.

I am in Los Angeles, so I should stop by UCLA and ask for a personal demonstration. ;)