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Inside Back Cover: Phys. Status Solidi RRL 1–2/2010
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physica status solidi (rrl) – rapid research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1862-6270
pISSN - 1862-6254
DOI - 10.1002/pssr.201090002
Subject(s) - nanowire , thermoelectric effect , cover (algebra) , seebeck coefficient , nanotechnology , materials science , radius , thermoelectric materials , engineering physics , electrical engineering , matrix (chemical analysis) , optoelectronics , physics , computer science , mechanical engineering , composite material , thermodynamics , engineering , computer security
Another impressive application of conducting atomic force microscopy in this issue is the characterization of thermoelectric nanowires. The Rapid Research Letter by Jongmin Lee et al. on p. 43 presents power factors of thermoelectric Bi 2 Te 3 nanowires within an alumina matrix. The nanowires were fabricated by pulsed electrodeposition and the electrical conductivity of individual wires was measured with a 40‐nm‐radius tip at ambient atmosphere. Au segments were deposited to prevent oxidation of the wire ends. Seebeck coefficients of nanowires were determined within the alumina matrix. The presented approach of measuring the thermoelectric power factor of nanowire arrays is straightforward and will prove useful for fast screening of nano‐ structured thermoelectric materials.