• High-performance thermoelectric nanocomposites from nanocrystal building blocks 

      Ibañez, Maria; Zhishan, Luo; Aziz, Genc; Piveteau, Laura; Ortega, Silvia; Cadavid, Doris; Dobrozhan, Oleksandr; Yu, Liu; Nachtegaal, Maarten; Zebarjadi, Mona; Arbio, Jordi; Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Cabot, Andreu (Nature Publishing Group, 2016-03-07)
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      he efficient conversion between thermal and electrical energy by means of durable, silent and scalable solid-state thermoelectric devices has been a long standing goal. While nanocrystalline materials have already led to ...
    • Synthesis and thermoelectric properties of noble metal ternary chalcogenide systems of Ag-Au-Se in the forms of alloyed nanoparticles and colloidal nanoheterostructures 

      Dalmases, Mariona; Ibañez, María; Torruella, Pau; Fernàndez Altables, Victor; López-Conesa, Lluis; Piveteau, Laura; Nachtegaal, Maarten; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Ruiz González, Maria Luisa; Estradé, Sònia; Peiró, Francesca; Kovalenko, Maksym V.; Cabot, Andreu; Figuerola, Albert (2016-10-11)
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      The optimization of a material functionality requires both the rational design and precise engineering of its structural and chemical parameters. In this work, we show how colloidal chemistry is an excellent synthetic ...