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Microstructure and Thermoelectric Properties of Thin Foils of Bismuth Telluride Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

E. Koukharenko
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Belarussian State University, Minsk, 220080 Belarus LPMC-UMR 5617, Université de Montpellier II, case 003, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
N. Frety
Affiliation:
LPMC-UMR 5617, Université de Montpellier II, case 003, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
V. G. Shepelevich
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Belarussian State University, Minsk, 220080 Belarus
J. C. Tedenac
Affiliation:
LPMC-UMR 5617, Université de Montpellier II, case 003, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
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Abstract

Ultrarapid quenching processes have been extensively studied during the past few years. particularly for glasses. In the case of polycrystalline materials, the problem is slightly different. In this case, the microstructures obtained by this process are very different from those obtained by normal cooling and they induce new physical properties.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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