Large enhancement of thermoelectric effects in a double quantum dot system due to interference and Coulomb correlation phenomena

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Trocha, Piotr ^a   Barna, Józef ^a,b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 84857697245     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.085408     Document Type: Article

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