Reversible Quantum Brownian Heat Engines for Electrons

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Humphrey, T E ^a   Newbury, R ^a   Taylor, R P ^b   Linke, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; HEAT ENGINES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ASYMMETRIC POTENTIALS; QUANTUM BROWNIAN HEAT ENGINES; SEMICONDUCTOR RATCHETS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 45849155973     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.116801     Document Type: Article

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