We demonstrate high-temperature thermoelectric conversion in InAs/InP nanowire quantum
dots by taking advantage of their strong electronic confinement. The electrical conductance …

The electrical conductance, thermal conductance, thermal power, and figure of merit (ZT) of
semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) embedded into an insulator matrix connected with …

We study the thermoelectric properties and heat-to-work conversion performance of an
interacting, multilevel quantum dot (QD) weakly coupled to electronic reservoirs. We focus …

A nanometal is a nanometric metallic structure. A plasmon is a collective excitation of an
electron gas. A plasmon polariton is a plasmon coupled to an electromagnetic wave …

Numerical simulations, based on a finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD) method, of infrared
light propagation for add/drop filtering in two-dimensional (2D) metal–insulator–metal (Ag …

High optimal thermoelectric efficiencies are theoretically demonstrated in ballistic nanowires
with diameter modulation. The physics underlying the good thermoelectric performance of …

A detailed investigation of the non-equilibrium steady-state electric and thermoelectric
transport properties of a quantum dot (QD) coupled to the normal metallic and s-wave …

We study the thermoelectric coefficients of a multi-level quantum dot (QD) weakly coupled to
two electron reservoirs in the Coulomb blockade regime. Detailed calculations and …

Almost any interaction between two physical entities can be described through the transfer
of either charge, spin, momentum, or energy. Therefore, any theory able to describe these …

Within the Coulomb blockade regime, our study delves into the charge, spin, and
thermoelectric transport characteristics of a benzene-based molecular nano-junction using …