Modeling study of thermoelectric SiGe nanocomposites

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Minnich, A J ^a   Lee, H ^a   Wang, X W ^b   Joshi, G ^b   Dresselhaus, M S ^c   Ren, Z F ^b   Chen, G ^a   Vashaee, D ^d  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Oklahoma State University   (United States)

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EID: 72449199153     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.155327     Document Type: Article

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