If one side of a conducting or semiconducting material is heated while the other remains cool, charge carriers move from the hot side to the cold side, generating an electrical voltage known as thermopower. If one side of a conducting or semiconducting material is heated while the other remains cool, charge carriers move from the hot side to the cold side, generating an electrical voltage known as thermopower. Condensed Matter Quantum Physics Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
Thermopower-based technique can detect fractional quantum Hall states
