Harvesting dissipated energy with a mesoscopic ratchet

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Roche, B ^a   Roulleau, P ^a   Jullien, T ^a   Jompol, Y ^a,c   Farrer, I ^b   Ritchie, D A ^b   Glattli, D C ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HEATING; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; COLD; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENERGY YIELD; HEATING; MESOSCOPIC RATCHET; NOISE MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM YIELD; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 84926387033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7738     Document Type: Article

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