Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

Perspectives on thermoelectrics: from fundamentals to device applications

The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. a This review is an update of a previous review 1 published two years ago by some of the co-authors, focusing on progress made in thermoelectrics over the past two years on charge and heat carrier transport, 5 strategies to improve thermoelectric figure of merit, with new discu...

Higher Oligomeric Surfactants — From Fundamentals to Applications

Graphene oxide: from fundamentals to applications.

In this review, we discuss the fundamental characterization of graphene oxide (GO) and its future application perspectives. Morphology is discussed through optical microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy studies. Chemical, structural, and vibrational properties are discussed through x-ray photoemission spectroscopy and Raman spectroscopy st...

POSTER SESSION BOOKLET From Fundamentals to Applications

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Spatial transformations: from fundamentals to applications.

This paper forms the introduction to this themed issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A on 'Spatial transformations', arising from the Royal Society Scientific Discussion Meeting held in January 2015. The paper begins with a review of the concepts and history of spatial transformations, followed by a discussion of the contributions from the papers in this themed issue. A sum...