| Title: | Phonon-blocking, electron-transmitting low-dimensional structures |
| Patent No.: | 7342169 |
| Type: | Patent |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Authors: | Venkatasubramanian, R., Siivola, E., Colpitts, T., O'Quinn, B. |
| Abstract: | A thermoelectric structure and device including at least first
and second material systems having different lattice constants and
interposed in contact with each other, and a physical interface at
which the at least first and second material systems are joined
with a lattice mismatch and at which structural integrity of the
first and second material systems is substantially maintained. The
at least first and second material systems have a charge carrier
transport direction normal to the physical interface and preferably
periodically arranged in a superlattice structure. |
| Online Resources: | Patent Details (US PTO) |
| Full Citation: | Venkatasubramanian, R., Siivola, E., Colpitts, T., & O'Quinn, B. (2008). Phonon-blocking, electron-transmitting low-dimensional structures. U.S. Patent No. 7,342,169. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office |
