For most of our existence, humans have just depended on our intuition to understand and explain how entire things work. Through countless debates and intensive experimentations, humans have gained an understanding of a lot of things related to Science that have bothered our ancestors for centuries. Quantum Mechanics is one of such baffling subject. It is a branch of Physics exploring the very smallest kinds of matter. Below are real-world applications that have been derived from the study of Quantum Mechanics:
• The Transistor. They act as an amplifier and a switch for electronic signals, which are functions that are very important to virtually all modern-day electronic equipment such as computers, television sets, radios, cellular phones.
• Energy Harvesters. Through using the Quantum Interference principle of Quantum Mechanics, scientists were able to simulate a working molecular thermoelectric material that can convert heat into electricity. This is a device that is very efficient, small, has no moving parts and does not emit pollutants as it works. This can be linked to a car's exhaust system so that it can capture enough electricity to power 200 light bulbs of 100 watts each.
• Ultraprecise Clocks. This will make it possible for engineers to calculate trajectories for spacecraft because they will need to know precisely how fast the destination such as a planet or asteroid is moving. As we conceive plans to venture farther into the galaxy, the possibility of making timekeeping errors grow more and more significant. Quantum Mechanics helps ultraprecise clocks by reducing the quantum noise that was so common in its predecessor, the Atomic clock.
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