Cu-Embedded SnSe2 with a High Figure of Merit at Ecofriendly Temperature

Epitaxial CrN thin films with high thermoelectric figure of merit.

A large enhancement of the thermoelectric figure of merit is reported in single-crystalline films of CrN. The mechanism of the reduction of the lattice thermal conductivity in cubic CrN is similar to the resonant bonding in IV-VI compounds. Therefore, useful ideas from classic thermo-electrics can be applied to tune functionalities in transition metal nitrides and oxides.

High thermoelectric figure-of-merit in kondo insulator nanowires at low temperatures.

We predict a large thermoelectric figure-of-merit in Kondo insulator nanowires at low temperatures. The high ZT values are due to the Kondo effect for electrons and boundary scattering on phonons. We simulated the electron properties of the bulk Kondo insulators within the framework of dynamical mean field theory and found that electrons have short mean free path. In nanowire structures, electr...

Hybrid nanoparticle and thin film SPR biosensor with a high figure of merit

Due to their extreme sensitivity to refractive index changes, surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors have long been established as extremely valuable tools for biosensing. In the past few years researchers have begun investigating various other metallic nanostructures as candidates for localized SPR (LSPR) sensing. Although LSPR is not nearly as sensitive to bulk refractive index changes as st...

Interpreting the Dark Energy Figure of Merit

Figure of Merit for Multiband Antennas

This communication defines a figure of merit for multiband antennas that gives an objective quantification of the similarities between radiation patterns at the different antenna operating bands.