Nanoengineered Materials for Thermoelectric Energy Conversion

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 118, Issue , 2009, Pages 225-299

  Shakouri, Ali ^a   Zebarjadi, Mona ^a  

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EID: 84862149365     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04258-4_9     Document Type: Article

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