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Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity

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Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity. / Zhang, Jiawei; Roth, Nikolaj; Tolborg, Kasper et al.

In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, No. 1, 6709, 12.2021.

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Harvard

Zhang, J, Roth, N, Tolborg, K, Takahashi, S, Song, L, Bondesgaard, M, Nishibori, E & Iversen, BB 2021, 'Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity', Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 6709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27007-y

APA

Zhang, J., Roth, N., Tolborg, K., Takahashi, S., Song, L., Bondesgaard, M., Nishibori, E., & Iversen, B. B. (2021). Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity. Nature Communications, 12(1), [6709]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27007-y

CBE

Zhang J, Roth N, Tolborg K, Takahashi S, Song L, Bondesgaard M, Nishibori E, Iversen BB. 2021. Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity. Nature Communications. 12(1):Article 6709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27007-y

MLA

Zhang, Jiawei et al. "Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity". Nature Communications. 2021. 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27007-y

Vancouver

Zhang J, Roth N, Tolborg K, Takahashi S, Song L, Bondesgaard M et al. Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity. Nature Communications. 2021 Dec;12(1):6709. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-27007-y

Author

Zhang, Jiawei ; Roth, Nikolaj ; Tolborg, Kasper et al. / Direct observation of one-dimensional disordered diffusion channel in a chain-like thermoelectric with ultralow thermal conductivity. In: Nature Communications. 2021 ; Vol. 12, No. 1.

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