Thermoelectric signal enhancement by reconciling the spin seebeck and anomalous nernst effects in ferromagnet/non-magnet multilayers

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Lee, Kyeong Dong ^a   Kim, Dong Jun ^a   Yeon Lee, Hae ^a   Kim, Seung Hyun ^b   Lee, Jong Hyun ^b   Lee, Kyung Min ^b   Jeong, Jong Ryul ^b   Lee, Ki Suk ^c   Song, Hyon Seok ^a,d   Sohn, Jeong Woo ^a,d   Shin, Sung Chul ^a,d   Park, Byong Guk ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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EID: 84930648424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10249     Document Type: Article

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