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| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings | |
| Properties of Novel Thermoelectrics From First Principles Calculations | p. 3 |
| Atomic Displacement Parameters: A Useful Tool in the Search for New Thermoelectric Materials? | p. 13 |
| Electronic Structure of Complex Bismuth Chalcogenides and Other Narrow-Gap Thermoelectric Materials | p. 23 |
| The Synthesis of Metastable Skutterudites Using Superlattice Reactants | p. 37 |
| Analysis of Antimony-Tin-Based Skutterudites | p. 47 |
| Synthesis of New Thermoelectric Materials Using Modulated Elementary Reactants | p. 53 |
| LnPdSb and Ln[subscript 3]Au[subscript 3]Sb[subscript 4]: New Thermoelectric Materials | p. 59 |
| Flux Synthesis of New Multinary Bismuth Chalcogenides and Their Thermoelectric Properties | p. 65 |
| Transport Properties of Doped CsBi[subscript 4]Te[subscript 6] Thermoelectric Materials | p. 75 |
| Chevrel Phases as Good Thermoelectric Materials | p. 81 |
| Theoretical Modelling of Thermoelectricity in Bi Nanowires | p. 87 |
| Growth of Bismuth Telluride Thin Films by Hot Wall Epitaxy, Thermoelectric Properties | p. 93 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe/Pb[subscript 1-x]Eu[subscript x]Te Quantum Wells | p. 99 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of AgBiTe[subscript 2]-Ag[subscript 2]Te Composite | p. 105 |
| Experimental Study of Phonon-Folding in Si/Ge and Si/SiGe Structures Designed for Thermoelectric Applications | p. 111 |
| Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of SrBiTe[subscript 3]; 12-Fold Superstructure Caused by Distortion of the Two-Dimensional Te-Nets | p. 117 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of the Cubic Family of Compounds AgPbBiQ[subscript 3] (Q = S, Se, Te). Very Low Thermal Conductivity Materials | p. 123 |
| The Influence of Silicon Dopant and Processing on Thermoelectric Properties of B[subscript 4]C Ceramics | p. 131 |
| High-Temperature Transport Probe for Thermopower and Resistivity Measurements | p. 137 |
| Fabrication of Thermoelectric Modules Using Thermoelectric Pastes and an Additive Technology | p. 143 |
| Modification of Thermoelectric Properties Using Insertion Techniques | p. 149 |
| Iron Disilicide as a Base for New Improved Thermoelectrics Creation | p. 155 |
| Electrical Properties of Orthorhombic Iron Disilicide | p. 161 |
| Thermoelectric Transport Properties of ReSi[subscript 1.75] Thin Films | p. 165 |
| Single Crystal Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Ce[subscript 5]Cu[subscript 19]P[subscript 12] | p. 171 |
| Thermoelectric and Structural Properties of Bi[subscript 1-x]Be[subscript 1+x] Thin Films on CdTe(111) | p. 177 |
| MBE Growth and Thermoelectric Properties of Bi[subscript 2]Te[subscript 3] Thin Films | p. 183 |
| Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Cs[subscript 2]Bi[subscript 7.33]Se[subscript 12], A[subscript 2]Bi[subscript 8]Se[subscript 13] (A = Rb, Cs), Ba[subscript 4-x]Bi[subscript 6 + 2/3x] Se[subscript 13], and Ba[subscript 3[plus or minus]x]Bi[subscript 6]Se[subscript 15] | p. 189 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Mixed Rhenium Chalcogenides Re[subscript 6]Te[subscript 15-x]Se[subscript x] (0 [less than or equal to] X [less than or equal to] 8) | p. 197 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Doped Rhenium Chalcogenides Re[subscript 6]Mn[subscript x]Te[subscript 15] (X = 0, 1, 2; M = Ga, In, Ag) | p. 203 |
| The Nanofabrication of Quantum Wires for the Next Generation of Thermoelectrics | p. 209 |
| Prospects for Bismuth Nanowires as Thermoelectrics | p. 215 |
| Thermoelectric Bismuth Wire Array Composites | p. 227 |
| Solid-State Chemistry Approach to Advanced Thermoelectrics. Ternary and Quaternary Alkali Metal Bismuth Chalcogenides as Thermoelectric Materials | p. 233 |
| Materials With Open Crystal Structure as Prospective Novel Thermoelectrics | p. 247 |
| Pressure-Tuning in the Search for Improved Thermoelectric Materials | p. 259 |
| Boundary Effects in Thin-Film Thermoelectrics | p. 265 |
| Preparation and Properties of Porous Bismuth Films | p. 273 |
| Bi[subscript 1-x]Sb[subscript x] Alloy Thin Film and Superlattice Thermoelectrics | p. 283 |
| Materials Development for Thermomagnetic Cooling | p. 295 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes | p. 303 |
| Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of CoSb[subscript 3]: A Narrow Bandgap Semiconductor | p. 315 |
| Nickel Substituted Skutterudites: Synthesis and Physical Properties | p. 321 |
| Physical Properties of Single-Phase Skutterudite Thin Films (CoSb[subscript 3] and IrSb[subscript 3]) | p. 327 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Cr[subscript 3]S[subscript 4]-Type Selenides | p. 333 |
| Thermal Conductivity of Fe-Doped CoSb[subscript 3] Skutterudites | p. 339 |
| Imaging of the Carrier Density of States in Low-Dimensional Structures Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy | p. 345 |
| Fabrication, Characterization and Electronic Properties of Bismuth Nanowire Systems | p. 351 |
| Thermal Conductivity and Phonon Engineering in Low-Dimensional Structures | p. 357 |
| Experimental Study of the Effect of the Quantum Well Structures on the Thermoelectric Figure of Merit in Si/Si[subscript 1-x]Ge[subscript x] System | p. 369 |
| Carrier Pocket Engineering to Design Superior Thermoelectric Materials Using GaAs/AlAs Superlattices | p. 375 |
| Substitutional Effects on the Thermoelectric Properties of Transition Metal Pentatellurides | p. 381 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of Two Ternary Tellurides | p. 391 |
| Approaches Toward Chemically Prepared Multiple Quantum Well Structures | p. 397 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of the Half-Heusler Compound (Zr,Hf)(Ni,Pd)Sn | p. 403 |
| Thermoelectric Properties of the AlPdMn Quasicrystalline System | p. 413 |
| Observed Properties and Electronic Structure of RNiSb Compounds (R = Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Y). Potential Thermoelectric Materials | p. 421 |
| Semiconductor Clathrates: A PGEC System With Potential for Thermoelectric Applications | p. 435 |
| Theoretical Calculation of the Vibrational Modes in Ge[subscript 46] Clathrate and Related M[subscript x]Ga[subscript y]Ge[subscript 46-y] Type Clathrates | p. 443 |
| Enhanced Thermionic Emission Cooling in High Barrier Superlattice Heterostructures | p. 449 |
| Thermionic Refrigeration | p. 459 |
| Hot Electron Effects on Thermionic Emission Cooling in Heterostructures | p. 467 |
| Anisotropic Thermal Conductivity of a Si/Ge Superlattice | p. 473 |
| Investigation of the Mechanism of the Enhanced Z[subscript 3D] T in PbTe Based Superlattices | p. 479 |
| Thermoelectric Transport in Superlattices | p. 485 |
| Development of Thick-Film Thermoelectric Microcoolers Using Electrochemical Deposition | p. 493 |
| Reliability of Thermal Conductivity Measured by Harman Method | p. 501 |
| Microstructure and Thermoelectric Properties of Thin Foils of Bismuth Telluride Alloys | p. 507 |
| The Effect of a Graded in Profile on the Figure of Merit PbTe | p. 513 |
| Author Index | p. 519 |
| Subject Index | p. 523 |
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