Sufficient conditions for thermal rectification in general graded materials

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Pereira, Emmanuel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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A-THERMAL; ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ANHARMONIC MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; GRADED MATERIALS; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; SEQUENTIAL COUPLING; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; SYSTEM SIZE; THERMAL DIODES;

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EID: 79953151439     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.83.031106     Document Type: Article

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