Thermoelectric effects in nanoscale junctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-101

  Dubi, Yonatan ^a   Ventra, Massimiliano Di ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY FLOWS; HOT SPOTS; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; NANO-SCALE SYSTEMS; NANOSCALE JUNCTIONS; NON EQUILIBRIUMS; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; RESONANT STRUCTURES; THERMAL BATHS; THERMOELECTRIC EFFECTS;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 61749103858     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl8025407     Document Type: Article

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