Thermodynamic and quantum bounds on nonlinear dc thermoelectric transport

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Whitney, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

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EID: 84874838662     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.115404     Document Type: Article

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