Simulation of refrigeration by electron emission across nanometer-scale gaps

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Westover, Tyler L ^a   Fisher, Timothy S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41549166024     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.115426     Document Type: Article

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