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Nanotubes

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NANOTUBES

Adam W. Bushmaker, Vikram V. Deshpande, Scott Hsieh, Marc W. Bockrath, and Stephen B. Cronin, Direct Observation of Born-Oppenheimer Approximation Breakdown in Carbon Nanotubes, Nano Lett., accepted (2009). (PDF)

I-Kai Hsu, Michael T. Pettes, Adam Bushmaker, Mehmet Aykol, Li Shi, and Stephen B. Cronin, Optical Absorption and Thermal Transport of Individual Suspended Carbon Nanotube Bundles, Nano lett., accepted (2009). (PDF)

Bardia Zandian, Rajay Kumar, Jesse Theiss, Adam Bushmaker, and Stephen B. Cronin, Selective Destruction of Individual Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Laser Irradiation, Carbon, accepted (2009). (PDF)

Lewis Gomez-De Arco, Bo Lei, Stephen Cronin, and Chongwu Zhou, Resonant micro-Raman spectroscopy of aligned single-walled carbon nanotubes on a-plane sapphire, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 123112 (2008). (PDF)

Rajay Kumar, Mehmet Aykol, and Stephen B. Cronin, Effect of nanotube-nanotube coupling on the radial breathing mode of carbon nanotubes, Phys. Rev. B, 78, 165428 (2008). (PDF)

This article was also published in the November 10, 2008 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

Wei Hsuan Hung, I-Kai Hsu, Adam Bushmaker, Rajay Kumar, Jesse Theiss, and Stephen B. Cronin, Laser Directed Growth of Carbon-Based Nanostructures by Plasmon Resonant Chemical Vapor Deposition, Nano Lett., 8, 3278 (2008). (PDF)

I-Kai Hsu, Rajay Kumar, Adam Bushmaker, Stephen B. Cronin, Michael T. Pettes, Li Shi, Todd Brintlinger, Michael S. Fuhrer, and John Cumings, Optical measurement of thermal transport in suspended carbon nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 063119 (2008). (PDF)

This article was also published in the March 3, 2008 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

A. G. Walsh, A. N. Vamivakas, Y. Yin, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, A. K. Swan, Scaling of exciton binding energy with external dielectric function in carbon nanotubes, Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures, 40, 2375 (2008). (PDF)

Rajay Kumar and Stephen B. Cronin, Optical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Under Axial Strain, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8, 122 (2008).

Adam W. Bushmaker, Vikram V. Deshpande, Marc W. Bockrath, and Stephen B. Cronin, Direct Observation of Mode Selective Electron-Phonon Coupling in Suspended Carbon Nanotubes, Nano Lett., 7, 3618 (2007). (PDF)

Rajay Kumar, Hao Zhou, and Stephen B. Cronin, Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and correlated scanning electron microscopy of individual carbon nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 223105 (2007). (PDF)

This article was also published in the December 10, 2007 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

W. H. Hung, R. Kumar, A.Bushmaker, S. B. Cronin, and M. J. Bronikowski, Rapid prototyping of three-dimensional microstructures from multiwalled carbon nanotubes, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 093121 (2007). (PDF)

This article was also published in the September 10, 2007 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

R. Kumar and S. B. Cronin, Raman Scattering of Carbon Nanotube Bundles under Axial Strain and Strain-Induced Debundling, Phys. Rev. B., 75, 155421 (2007). (PDF)

Andrew G. Walsh, Yan Yin, Bennett B. Goldberg, A. Nickolas Vamivakas, Anna K. Swan, M. Selim Unlu, Stephen B. Cronin, Screening of Excitons in Single, Suspended Carbon Nanotubes, Nano Letters, 7, 1485 (2007). (PDF)

Y. Yin, A. N. Vamivakas, A. G. Walsh, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Unlu, B. B Goldberg, and A. K. Swan, Optical Determination of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Carbon Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 037404 (2007). (PDF)

This article was also published in the February 5, 2007 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

Y. Yin, A. G. Walsh, A. N. Vamivakas, S. B. Cronin, A. M. Stolyarov, M. Tinkham, W. Bacsa, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan, Tunable Resonant Raman Scattering from Singly Resonant Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 12 (6): 1083-1090 Part 1, Nov-Dec 2006. (PDF)

S. B. Cronin, Y. Yin, A. Walsh, Rodrigo B. Capaz, A. Stolyarov, P. Tangney, Marvin L. Cohen, Steven G. Louie, A. K. Swan, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, and M. Tinkham, Temperature Dependence of the Optical Transition Energies in Carbon Nanotubes: The Role of Electron-Phonon Coupling and Thermal Expansion, Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 127403 (2006). (PDF)
This article was also published in the April 10, 2006 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

S. B. Cronin, A. K. Swan, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, M. S. Dresselhaus and M. Tinkham, Resonant Raman Spectroscopy of Individual Metallic and Semiconducting Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes Under Uniaxial Strain, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 035425 (2005). (PDF)

Neil Anderson, Achim Hartschuh, Steve Cronin, and Lukas Novotny, Nanoscale Vibrational Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 2533 (2005). (PDF)

A. G. Souza Filho, N. Kobayashi, J. Jiang, A. Gruneis, R. Saito, S. B. Cronin, J. Mendes Filho, Ge. G. Samsonidze, G. Dresselhaus, and M. S. Dresselhaus, Strain-Induced Interference Effects on the Resonance Raman Cross Section of Carbon Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 217403 (2005). (PDF)

R. W. Fu, T. F. Baumann, S. Cronin, G. Dresselhaus, M. S. Dresselhaus, J. H. Satcher, Formation of graphitic structures in cobalt- and nickel-doped carbon aerogels, Langmuir, 21, 2647 (2005).

S. B. Cronin, A. K. Swan, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, M. S. Dresselhaus and M. Tinkham, Measuring the Uniaxial Strain in Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: Resonance Raman Spectra of Atomic-Force-Microscope Modified Single-Wall Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 167401 (2004). (PDF)

This article was also published in the October 25, 2004 issue of the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (www.vjnano.org).

S. B. Cronin, R. Barnett, S. G. Chou, O. Rabin, A. K. Swan, M. S. Unlu, B. B. Goldberg, M. S. Dresselhaus and M. Tinkham Electrochemical gating of individual single-wall carbon nanotubes observed by electron transport measurements and resonant Raman spectroscopy, Appl. Phys. Lett., 84, 2052 (2004). (PDF)

This article was also published in the March 29, 2004 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.

NANOWIRES

Y.-M. Lin, O. Rabin, S. B. Cronin, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Semimetal-semiconductor transition in Bi_1-xSb_x alloy nanowires and their thermoelectric properties, Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 2403-2405 (2002). (PDF)

M. R. Black, P. L. Hagelstein, S. B. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Optical Absorption from an Indirect Transition in Bismuth Nanowires, Phys. Rev. B, 68, 235417 (2003). (PDF)

S. B. Cronin and Y.-M. Lin and O. Rabin and M. R. Black and J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus and P. L. Gai and J.-P. Minet and J.-P. Issi, Making electrical contacts to nanowires with a thick oxide coating, Nanotechnology 13, 653-658 (2002). (PDF)

O. Rabin, P. R. Herz, Y.-M. Lin, A. I. Akinwande, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Formation of thick porous anodic alumina films and nanowire arrays on silicon wafers and glass, Adv. Funct. Mater., 13, 631-638 (2003). (PDF)

Stephen B. Cronin. Electronic Properties of Bismuth Nanowires, Ph.D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, June 2002. (PDF)

S. B. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin, O. Rabin, M. R. Black and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric Transport Properties of Bismuth Nanowires, in The 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, volume = ISSN 1094-2734, pages 243-248, 2002. (PDF)

Y.-M. Lin, O. Rabin, S. B. Cronin, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Experimental Investigation of Thermoelectric Properties of Bi_1-xSb_x Nanowire Arrays, in The 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, volume ISSN 1094-2734, pages 253-256, 2002.

M. R. Black, Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Using Optical Measurements to Improve Electronic Models of Bismuth Nanowires, in The 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, volume = ISSN 1094-2734, pages 249--252, 2002.

S. B. Cronin, Yu-Ming Lin, O. Rabin, M. R. Black, G. Dresselhaus and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric transport properties of individual bismuth nanowires , in Thermoelectric Materials 2001 - Research and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, edtited by G. S. Nolas, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Boston, MA, December 2001. (PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, Y.-M. Lin, O. Rabin, M. R. Black, S. B. Cronin and G. Dresselhaus, Overview of Bismuth nanowires for thermoelectric applications, in Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science of Thermoelectric Materials: Beyond Bismuth Telluride., edited by M. G. Kanatzidis, S. D. Mahanti, T. P. Hogan and M. F. Thorpe, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pages 1-17, 2003.

O. Rabin, Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, G. Chen and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric Nanowires by Template Synthesis: Fabrication, contacts and Properties, in Three Dimensional Nanoengineered Assemblies: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 2002, edited by T. M. Orlando and L. Merhari and K. Ikuta and D. P. Taylor, Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, volume 739-C, pages H7.24, 2003.

S. B. Cronin, Y. M. Lin, O. Rabin, Marcie R. Black, G. Dresselhaus and M. S. Dresselhaus, Electronic Properties of Bismuth Nanowires, in Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods for Nanofabrication: MRS Symposium Proceedings, San Francisco, April 2001, edtited by J. A. Rogers, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001. (PDF)

S. B. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin, P. L. Gai, O. Rabin, M. R. Black, G. Dresselhaus and M. S. Dresselhaus, 4-point resistance measurements of individual Bi nanowires, in Anisotropic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 2000, edtited by S. Stranick, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001. (PDF)

S. B. Cronin, Y. M. Lin, O. Rabin, M. R. Black, G. Dresselhaus, M. S. Dresselhaus and P. L. Gai, Bismuth nanowires for potential applications in nanoscale electronics technology, Microscopy and Microanalysis 7, 418 (2001). (PDF)

Oded Rabin, P. R. Herz, Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, A. I. Akinwande and M. S. Dresselhaus, Arrays of nanowires on silicon wafers, in The 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, pages 276--279, 2002.

S. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin, T. Koga, X. Sun, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric Investigation of Bismuth Nanowires in The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, edited by G. Chen, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 554-557 (1999). (PDF)

S. B. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin, T. Koga, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Transport measurements of individual bismuth nanowires in Molecular Electronics: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 1999, edited by S. T. Pantelides, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000. (PDF)

Y.M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, O. Rabin, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Transport properties of Bi_1-xSb_x alloy nanowires synthesized by pressure injection, Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 677 (2001). (PDF)

Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, J.Y. Ying, M. S. Dresselhaus and J. P. Heremans, Transport Properties of Bi Nanowire Arrays, Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 3944 (2000). (PDF)

J. Heremans, C. M. Thrush, Y.M. Lin, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Transport properties of antimony nanowires, Phys. Rev. B 63, 5406 (2001). (PDF)

J. Heremans, C. M. Thrush, Y.-M. Lin, S. Cronin, Z. Zhang, M. S. Dresselhaus and J. F. Mansfield, Bismuth nanowire arrays: synthesis and galvanomagnetic properties, Phys. Rev. B 61, 2921 (2000). (PDF)

M. R. Black, M. Padi, S. B. Cronin, Y.-M. Lin, O. Rabin, T. McClure, G. Dresselhaus, P. L. Hagelstein and M. S. Dresselhaus, Inter-subband Transitions in Bismuth Nanowires, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 4142 (2000). (PDF)

M. R. Black, Y.M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, O. Rabin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Inter-subband Transitions in Bismuth Nanowires resulting from quantum confinement, Phys. Rev. B received 10/08/01.(PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, Yu-Ming Lin, O. Rabin, S. B. Cronin, M. R. Black and J. Y. Ying, Thermoelectric potential of Bi and Bi_1-xSb_x nanowire arrays , in Thermoelectric Materials 2001 - Research and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, edtited by G. S. Nolas, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Boston, MA, December 2001. ( PDF)

Yu-Ming Lin, S. B. Cronin, O. Rabin, Jackie Y. Ying, M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric properties of Bi_1-xSb_x nanowire arrays, in Thermoelectric Materials 2001 - Research and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, edtited by G. S. Nolas, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Boston, MA, December 2001. (PDF)

O. Rabin, Y. M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric nanowires by electrochemical deposition, in Thermoelectric Materials 2001 - Research and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, edtited by G. S. Nolas, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Boston, MA, December 2001.

M. R. Black, K. R. Masklay, O. Rabin, Y. M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, M. Padi, Y. Fink and M. S. Dresselhaus, Studies of intersubband transitions in arrays of Bi nanowire samples using optical transmission, in Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials IV: MRS Symposium Proceedings, edtited by S. Komarneni, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Boston, MA, December 2001.(PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, Y. M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, M. R. Black, O. Rabin and G. Dresselhaus, Investigation of low-dimensional thermoelectrics, in Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods for Nanofabrication: Symposium Proceedings , edited by Steven Smith, Technomic Publishing Co., Inc., Lancaster, PA 2001. (PDF)

Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, Oded Rabin, J. Heremans, M. S. Dresselhaus and J. Y. Ying, Transport properties of Bi-related nanowire systems, in Anisotropic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 2000, edtited by S. Stranick, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001.(PDF)

M. R. Black, Y.-M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, Oded Rabin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Studies of the dielectric constant of thin film Bi nanowire samples using optical reflectometry in Anisotropic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 2000, edtited by S. Stranick, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001.(PDF)

Y.-M. Lin, X. Sun, S. Cronin, Z. Zhang, J. Y. Ying and M. S. Dresselhaus, Fabrication and transport properties of Te-doped bismuth nanowire arrays in Molecular Electronics: MRS Symposium Proceedings, Boston, December 1999, edited by S. T. Pantelides, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000. (PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, X. Sun, Z. Zhang, S. B. Cronin and T. Koga, Low-dimensional thermoelectric materials, Soviet physics, Physics of the Solid State 41, 679 (1999). (PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, Y.-M. Lin, T. Koga, S. B. Cronin, O. Rabin, M. R. Black and G. Dresselhaus, Low dimensional thermoelectricity in Semiconductors and Semimetals: Recent Trends in Thermoelectric Materials Research III, edited by T. M. Tritt, Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 71, 1-121 (2001). (review article)

X. Sun, Y. M. Lin, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Dresselhaus, J. Y. Ying and G. Chen, Theoretical Modeling of Thermoelectricity in Bi Nanowires in The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, edited by G. Chen, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 394-398 (1999). (PDF)
M. S. Dresselhaus, Y. M. Lin, G. Dresselhaus, X. Sun, Z. Zhang, S. B. Cronin, T. Koga and J. Y. Ying , Advances in 1D and 2D thermoelectric materials in The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, edited by G. Chen, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 92-99 (1999). (PDF)

QUANTUM WELLS AND SUPERLATTICES

E. I. Rogacheva, O. N. Nashchekina, Y. O. Vekhov, M. S. Dresselhaus, S. B. Cronin, Effect of thickness on the thermoelectric properties of PbS thin films, Thin Solid Films, 423, 115-118 (2003).

E. I. Rogacheva, T. V. Tavrina, O. N. Nashchekina, S. N. Grigorov, K. A. Nasedkin, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Quantum size effects in the PbSe quantum wells, Appl. Phys. Lett., 80, 2690 (2002). (PDF)

T. Koga, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Dresselhaus, J. L. Liu and K. L. Wang, Experimental proof-of-principle investigation of enhanced Z_3DT in (001) oriented Si/Ge superlattices, Appl. Phys. Lett. 77, 1490 (2000). (PDF)

T. Koga, X. Sun, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Carrier pocket engineering applied to strained Si/Ge superlattices to design useful thermoelectric materials, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 2438 (1999). (PDF)

T. Koga, T. C. Harman, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Mechanism of the Enhanced Thermoelectric Power in (111) oriented n-type PbTe/Pb_1-xEu_xTe Multiple-Quantum-Wells, Phys. Rev. B 60, 14286 (1999). (PDF)

S. Cronin, T. Koga, X. Sun, Z. Ding, S.-C. Huang, R. Kaner and M. S. Dresselhaus, Thermoelectric Investigation of Chemically Prepared Multiple Quantum Well Structures in Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications: MRS Symposium, Boston, December 1999, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

T. Koga, X. Sun, S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Carrier pocket engineering to design superior thermoelectric materials using GaAs/AlAs superlattices, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2950 (1998). (PDF)

E.I. Rogacheva, T. Tavrina, O. Nashchekina, M.S. Dresselhaus, S. Cronin and O. Rabin, Quantum Size Effects in IV-VI Quantum Wells, Physica E, 17, 313-315 (2003). (PDF)

E. I. Rogacheva, O. N. Nashchekina, S. N. Grigorov, M. A. Us, M. S. Dresselhaus and S. B. Cronin, Oscillatory behavior of the transport properties in PbTe quantum wells, Nanotechnology, 14, 53-59 (2003). (PDF)

E. I. Rogacheva, O. N. Nashchekina, T. V. Tavrina, M. Us, V. V. Volobuev, M. S. Dresselhaus and S. B. Cronin, Effect of electron concentration on the thickness dependences of the thermoelectric properties of PbTe quantum wells, in The 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, edited by T. Caillat and J. Snyder, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, volume ISSN 1094-2734, pages 280-283, 2002.

T. Koga and S. B. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Carrier Pocket Engineering for the Design of Low Dimensional Thermoelectrics with High Z_3DT in Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications: MRS Symposium, San Francisco, April 2000, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2000.(PDF)

X. Sun, S. B. Cronin, J. Lin, K. L. Wang, T. Koga, M. S. Dresselhaus and G. Chen, Experimental Study of the Effect of the Quantum Well Structures on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Si/Si_1-xGe_x System in The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, edited by G. Chen, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 625-655 (1999). (PDF)

T. Koga, X. Sun, S. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Carrier pocket engineering to design superior thermoelectric materials using superlattice structures in The 18th International Conference on Thermoelectrics: ICT Symposium Proceedings, edited by G. Chen, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 378-381 (1999). (PDF)

X. Sun, J. Liu, S. B. Cronin, K. L. Wang, G. Chen, T. Koga and M. S. Dresselhaus , Experimental study of the effect of the quantum well structures on the thermoelectric figure of merit in the Si/Si_1-xGe_x system in Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications: MRS Symposium, Boston, December 1999, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

T. Koga, T. Harman, X. Sun, S. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Investigation of the mechanism of enhanced Z_3DT in PbTe based superlattices in Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications: MRS Symposium, Boston, December 1999, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

T. Koga, X. Sun, S. Cronin and M. S. Dresselhaus, Carrier pocket engineering to design superior thermoelectric materials using GaAs/AlAs superlattices in Thermoelectric Materials--The Next Generation Materials for Small-Scale Refrigeration and Power Generation Applications: MRS Symposium, Boston, December 1999, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999.

M. S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, X. Sun, Z. Zhang, S. B. Cronin, T. Koga, J. Y. Ying and G. Chen, The promise of low dimensional thermoelectric materials, Microscale Thermophysical Engineering 3, 89-100 (1999).

T. Koga, X. Sun, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Dresselhaus, K. L. Wang and G. Chen, Models for low-dimensional thermoelectricity, J. Computer-Aided Materials Design4, 175 (1997). (PDF)

T. Koga, S. B. Cronin, T. C. Harman, X. Sun and M. S. Dresselhaus, Theoretical Modeling and Improved Thermoelectric Properties in (111) and (001) Oriented PbTe/Pb_1-xEu_xTe Multiple Quantum Wells in Semiconductor Process and Device Performance Modeling: MRS Symposia Proceedings, Boston, volume 490, edited by S. T. Dunham, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1998.

M. S. Dresselhaus, T. Koga, X. Sun, S. B. Cronin, K. L. Wang and G. Chen, Low dimensional thermoelectrics in Sixteenth International Conference on Thermoelectrics: Proceedings, ICT'97; Dresden, Germany , edited by Armin Heinrich, et. al. , IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 1997. (PDF)

M. S. Dresselhaus, X. Sun, S. B. Cronin, T. Koga, G. Dresselhaus and K. L. Wang, Prospects for high thermoelectric figures of merit in 2D systems in Thermoelectric Materials - New Directions and Approaches: MRS Symposia Proceedings, San Francisco, volume 478, edited by T. M. Tritt, et. al. , Materials Research Society Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997.

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