Title :
Careers in thermoelectricity
Author :
Dresselhaus, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
After three decades of low level activity, the field of thermoelectrics has witnessed a dramatic revival because of the emergence on new promising materials, new strategies for increasing the dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit ZT, and the potential use of quantum well and quantum wire structures to enhance ZT. We emphasize here the advantages of using low dimensional structures for thermoelectric applications. Career opportunities for young people in thermoelectrics research are discussed in this context
Keywords :
professional aspects; semiconductor quantum wells; semiconductor quantum wires; thermoelectricity; career opportunities; dimensionless thermoelectric figure of merit; low dimensional structures; quantum well structures; quantum wire structures; thermoelectricity; thermoelectrics research; Collaboration; Computer science; Engineering profession; History; Materials science and technology; Physics; Quantum computing; Surface impedance; Thermoelectricity; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Thermoelectrics, 1998. Proceedings ICT 98. XVII International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4907-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICT.1998.740311
