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Nature 413, 577-578 (11 October 2001) | doi:10.1038/35098159
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Semiconductors are cool
Cronin B. Vining
Abstract
In the 1950s there were hopes that semiconductor thermocouples would replace mechanical refrigerators, just as semiconductor transistors supplanted vacuum tubes. New materials may bring that goal a bit closer.
Nothing so induces sleep as a lecture on thermodynamics. So we'll skip that part.
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