Spin seebeck effect and thermal colossal magnetoresistance in graphene nanoribbon heterojunction.
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SUBMITTER: Ni Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3587885 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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