Electron Transport and the Potential of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond as a Thermoelectric Material

Ultrananocrystalline Diamond: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 157-184

  Gruen, Dieter M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRICITY; YARN;

ELECTRICAL INSULATORS; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION; LOW-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED CARBONS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; ULTRA-NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND; ULTRANANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84942595959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-081551524-1.50007-X     Document Type: Chapter

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