Thermoelectric properties of Si/Ge nano-composite

International Conference on Thermoelectrics, ICT, Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 269-271

  Lee, Hohyun ^a   Wang, Dezhi ^b   Wang, Wenzhong ^b   Ren, Zhifeng ^b   Klotz, B ^c   Tang, Ming Y ^d   Yang, Ronggui ^a   Gogna, Pawan ^e   Fleuiral, Jean Pierre ^e   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^d,f   Chen, Gang ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK ALLOYS; BULK MATERIALS; MICRO-SIZED PARTICLES; NANO-COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GERMANIUM; SILICON ALLOYS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRICITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33747413372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICT.2005.1519940     Document Type: Conference Paper

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