Seebeck coefficient of thermoelectric molecular junctions: First-principles calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Yu Shen ^a   Chen, Yu Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 66749144768     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.193101     Document Type: Article

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