Size-dependent thermopower in nanocrystalline nickel

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Soni, Ajay ^a   Okram, Gunadhor S ^a  

^a UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-CRYSTALLINE NICKEL; NANOCRYSTALLINE; PHONON CONFINEMENT; PHONON DRAG; SIGN-CHANGE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC TRANSITION; THERMOPOWER;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PHONONS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 67650504693     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3167302     Document Type: Article

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