A quantum diffractor for thermal flux

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Martínez Pérez, Maria José ^a   Giazotto, Francesco ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVAPORATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NANODEVICE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84897563419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4579     Document Type: Article

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