Quantum-enhanced absorption refrigerators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Correa, Luis A ^a,b   Palao, José P ^a   Alonso, Daniel ^a   Adesso, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84893866911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03949     Document Type: Article

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