Anomalous thermopower in the metalliclike phase of a 2D hole system

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 4369-4372

  Moldovan, L ^a,b   Melinte, S ^a   Bayot, V ^a   Papadakis, S J ^c   De Poortere, E P ^c   Shayegan, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; METALLOGRAPHIC PHASES; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OHMIC CONTACTS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ALUMINUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE QUANTUM WELL; COLD FINGER; METALLICLIKE PHASE; THERMOPOWER; TWO DIMENSIONAL HOLE SYSTEM;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 0034316246     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4369     Document Type: Article

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