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The ugly duckling

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  • Joseph P. Heremans

    (Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA.)

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Single crystals of tin selenide have been shown to display, along one crystallographic direction of their high-temperature state, the highest thermoelectric efficiency of any bulk material. See Letter p.373

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  • Joseph P. Heremans, 2014. "The ugly duckling," Nature, Nature, vol. 508(7496), pages 327-328, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:508:y:2014:i:7496:d:10.1038_508327a
    DOI: 10.1038/508327a
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