Thermoelectric effect in very thin film PtAu thermocouples

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Salvadori, M C ^a   Vaz, A R ^a   Teixeira, F S ^a   Cattani, M ^a   Brown, I G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-CARRIER MEAN FREE PATH; FILM THICKNESS; THERMOPOWERS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; GOLD ALLOYS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; THERMOELECTRICITY; THIN FILMS;

THERMOCOUPLES;

EID: 33645512216     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2189192     Document Type: Article

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