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Nanostructuring and more

Nature Materials volume 7, pages 616–617 (2008)Cite this article

Controlling simultaneously the electric and thermal properties of materials can lead to very efficient thermoelectric devices. Advances following different routes were highlighted at a recent conference.

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Figure 1: Schematic drawing of a thermoelectric device.

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  1. *Unconventional Thermoelectrics, European Materials Research Society Meeting, Strasbourg, 26–30 May 2008.

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  1. David J. Singh is in Materials Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6114, USA singhdj@ornl.gov,

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  2. Ichiro Terasaki is in Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 169-8555 Japan. terra@waseda.jp,

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Singh, D., Terasaki, I. Nanostructuring and more. Nature Mater 7, 616–617 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2243

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