RT Journal Article
T1 DNA-based thermoelectric devices: a theoretical prospective
A1 Maciá Barber, Enrique Alfonso
AB The thermoelectric performance of PolyG-PolyC and PolyA-PolyT double-stranded chains connected between organic contacts at different temperatures is theoretically studied on the basis of an effective model Hamiltonian. The obtained analytical expressions reveal the existence of important resonance effects leading to a significant enhancement of the Seebeck coefficient depending on the Fermi level position. High thermoelectric power factors, up to P=(1.5-3)x10^(-3) W m^(-1) K^(-2), are obtained close to the resonance energy. These values suggest that significantly high values of the thermoelectric figure of merit may be attained for synthetic DNA samples at room temperature. The possibility of combining p-type and n-type synthetic DNA chains in the design of a nanoscale Peltier cell is discussed, taking into account both contact and environmental effects.
PB American Physical Society
SN 1098-0121
YR 2007
FD 2007-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52103
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52103
LA eng
NO ©2007 The American Physical Society.I warmly thank E. Artacho, G. Cuniberti, R. Di Felice, R. Gutierrez, D. Porath, S. Roche, E. B. Starikov, and M. Zwolak for sharing useful information. I acknowledge M. V. Hernández for a critical reading of the manuscript. This work has been supported by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid through Project No. PR27/05-14014-BSCH.
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 11 abr 2025