Heat-pulse rectification in carbon nanotube y junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Gonzalez Noya, Eva ^a   Srivastava, Deepak ^b   Menon, Madhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 65249157955     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.115432     Document Type: Article

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