Thermally driven ballistic rectifier
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J. Matthews,1 D. Sánchez,2 M. Larsson,3 and H. Linke1,3 1Physics Department and Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1274, USA 2Instituto de Fı́sica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos IFISC (CSIC-UIB), E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3Solid State Physics and The Nanometer Structure Consortium (nmC@LU), Lund University, Box 118, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden (Received 1 July 2011; published 10 May 2012)
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