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This thesis presents a study of the deposition and structural as well as electrical properties of thin films of thermoelectric materials Mg2Sn-Mg2Si. Polycrystalline...

For the development of successful long term space flights, and the establishment of permanent bases in space, a well controlled self sustained closed environment is...

After a continuous reduction which has begun 50 years ago, the feature size of electronic devices has now reached the nanometer scale, opening the door to quantum...

Scanning Gate Microscopy (SGM) is a technique of imaging quantum transport coefficients due to the presence of an AFM charged tip. The interference pattern of the...

This thesis addresses the issues of the elaboration and the characterization of the chemical and physical properties of a new family of thermoelectric materials, the...