Effects of phase-breaking scattering on the thermopower of molecular systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Popescu, Adrian ^a,b   Haney, Paul M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84868121900     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.155452     Document Type: Article

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