Effects of confinement and orientation on the thermoelectric power factor of silicon nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Neophytou, Neophytos ^a   Kosina, Hans ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

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EID: 79961234892     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.245305     Document Type: Article

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