Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit
10.1038/nchem.955
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Biswas, K., He, J., Zhang, Q., Wang, G., Uher, C., Dravid, V. P., & Kanatzidis, M. G. (2011). Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit. Nature Chemistry, 3(2), 160–166.

Authors 7
  1. Kanishka Biswas (first)
  2. Jiaqing He (additional)
  3. Qichun Zhang (additional)
  4. Guoyu Wang (additional)
  5. Ctirad Uher (additional)
  6. Vinayak P. Dravid (additional)
  7. Mercouri G. Kanatzidis (additional)
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@article{Biswas_2011, title={Strained endotaxial nanostructures with high thermoelectric figure of merit}, volume={3}, ISSN={1755-4349}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.955}, DOI={10.1038/nchem.955}, number={2}, journal={Nature Chemistry}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Biswas, Kanishka and He, Jiaqing and Zhang, Qichun and Wang, Guoyu and Uher, Ctirad and Dravid, Vinayak P. and Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.}, year={2011}, month=jan, pages={160–166} }