Effects of interdot hopping and coulomb blockade on the thermoelectric properties of serially coupled quantum dots

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Kuo, David M T ^a   Chang, Yia Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NANOCRYSTALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COUPLED QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; KELDYSH GREEN'S FUNCTION; METALLIC ELECTRODES; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84864012476     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-257     Document Type: Article

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