Spin-dependent seebeck effect, thermal colossal magnetoresistance and negative differential thermoelectric resistance in zigzag silicene nanoribbon heterojunciton

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Fu, Hua Hua ^a   Wu, Dan Dan ^a   Zhang, Zu Quan ^a   Gu, Lei ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84930226515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10547     Document Type: Article

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