Negative differential thermal resistance and thermal transistor

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Li, Baowen ^a,b,c   Wang, Lei ^a   Casati, Giulio ^a,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e INFM   (Italy)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT CONTROL; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONDUCTING STATES; THERMAL TRANSISTOR MODELS; THERMAL TRANSISTORS; THREE-TERMINAL DEVICES;

TRANSISTORS;

EID: 33645681002     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2191730     Document Type: Article

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