Thermopower of correlated semiconductors: Application to FeAs2 and FeSb2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Tomczak, Jan M ^a   Haule, K ^a   Miyake, T ^b,c   Georges, A ^d   Kotliar, G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

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EID: 77957603137     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085104     Document Type: Article

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