Transparent ITO-Mn:ITO Thin-Film Thermocouples

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 809-813

  Kumar, S R Sarath ^a   Kasiviswanathan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Thermocouple; thin film devices; transparent conducting oxides

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008014345     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2022556     Document Type: Article

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