Effect of phonon confinement on the thermoelectric figure of merit of quantum wells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6149-6153

  Balandin, Alexander ^a   Wang, Kang L ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

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EID: 0001029438     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.368928     Document Type: Article

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