Optimal thermoelectric figure of merit of a molecular junction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Murphy, Padraig ^a   Mukerjee, Subroto ^a,b   Moore, Joel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 55449106655     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.161406     Document Type: Article

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