@article{1195, keywords = {Invited}, author = {Cronin Vining}, title = {Semiconductors are cool}, abstract = {In the 1950s there were hopes that semiconductor thermocouples would replace mechanical refrigerators, just as semiconductor transistors supplanted vacuum tubes. New materials may bring that goal a bit closer.Nothing so induces sleep as a lecture on thermodynamics. So we'll skip that part.}, year = {2001}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {413}, pages = {577-578, }, month = {2001/10/11/}, doi = {10.1038/35098159}, language = {eng}, }