Seebeck coefficients in nanoscale junctions: Effects of electron-vibration scattering and local heating

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hsu, Bailey C ^a   Liu, Yu Shen ^a,c   Lin, Sheng Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Yu Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 79551632148     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.041404     Document Type: Article

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