Bismuth nanowires for thermoelectric applications

Microscale Thermophysical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-219

  Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^a,b   Lin, Y M ^a   Rabin, O ^a   Dresselhaus, G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Electrical Engineering and Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; PHONONS; SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERLATTICES; THERMOELECTRICITY; WIRE;

NANOWIRES;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0041361956     PISSN: 10893954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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