How to measure the entropy of a mesoscopic system via thermoelectric transport

Yaakov Kleeorin; Holger Thierschmann; Hartmut Buhmann; Antoine Georges; Laurens W. Molenkamp; Yigal Meir

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13630-3

Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

How to measure the entropy of a mesoscopic system via thermoelectric transport

Yaakov Kleeorin,
Holger Thierschmann,
Hartmut Buhmann,
Antoine Georges,
Laurens W. Molenkamp,
Yigal Meir

Affiliations

Yaakov Kleeorin: Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Holger Thierschmann: Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology
Hartmut Buhmann: Physikalisches Institut (EP III), Universität Würzburg
Antoine Georges: Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Universite Paris-Saclay
Laurens W. Molenkamp: Physikalisches Institut (EP III), Universität Würzburg
Yigal Meir: Department of Physics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13630-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Advances in nanotechnology make it possible to probe traditionally macroscopic notions of thermodynamics at the mesoscopic scale. Here the authors propose a method that can determine the entropy of a quantum dot system from transport measurements.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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