Mesoscopic thermoelectric transport near zero transmission energies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Abbout, A ^a   Ouerdane, H ^a,b   Goupil, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

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EID: 84876164549     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.155410     Document Type: Article

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