Giant thermoelectric effect from transmission supernodes

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 5314-5320

  Bergfield, Justin P ^a   Solis, Michelle A ^a   Stafford, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

electron transport; many body theory; molecular electronics; nanoscale device; nonequilibrium transport; thermoelectric device; thermoelectrics; ZT

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MANY-BODY THEORY; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NONEQUILIBRIUM TRANSPORT; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRICS; ZT;

BENZENE; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ETHERS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 77957316215     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100490g     Document Type: Article

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