DocumentCode
2479910
Title
Careers in thermoelectricity
Author
Dresselhaus, M.S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
24-28 May 1998
Firstpage
29
Lastpage
32
Abstract
After three decades of low level activity, the field of thermoelectrics has witnessed a dramatic revival because of the emergence on new promising materials, new strategies for increasing the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT, and the potential use of quantum well and quantum wire structures to enhance ZT. We emphasize here the advantages of using low dimensional structures for thermoelectric applications. Career opportunities for young people in thermoelectrics research are discussed in this context
Keywords
professional aspects; semiconductor quantum wells; semiconductor quantum wires; thermoelectricity; career opportunities; dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit; low dimensional structures; quantum well structures; quantum wire structures; thermoelectricity; thermoelectrics research; Collaboration; Computer science; Engineering profession; History; Materials science and technology; Physics; Quantum computing; Surface impedance; Thermoelectricity; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Thermoelectrics, 1998. Proceedings ICT 98. XVII International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nagoya
ISSN
1094-2734
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4907-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICT.1998.740311
Filename
740311
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