Nernst effect in semimetals: The effective mass and the figure of merit

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Behnia, Kamran ^a   Méasson, Marie Aude ^b   Kopelevich, Yakov ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

METALLIC BEHAVIOR; NERNST COEFFICIENT; NERNST EFFECT; THERMOMAGNETIC COOLING;

BISMUTH;

EID: 33847076296     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.076603     Document Type: Article

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