1. Foreword

   • Jihui Yang
   • Heiner Linke
   • David C. Johnson

   EditorialNotes 28 February 2009 Pages: 915 - 915

2. Spatial Distribution of the Seebeck Coefficient in Zn₁₃Sb₁₀ Determined by a Seebeck Microprobe Measurement System

   • Go Nakamoto
   • Makio Kurisu

   OriginalPaper 07 May 2009 Pages: 916 - 919

3. Fabrication of Bismuth Telluride-Based Alloy Thin Film Thermoelectric Devices Grown by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition

   • Sung-Do Kwon
   • Byeong-kwon Ju
   • Jin-Sang Kim

   OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 920 - 924

4. Synthesis of Thermoelectric Manganese Silicide by Mechanical Alloying and Pulse Discharge Sintering

   • Takashi Itoh
   • Masataka Yamada

   OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 925 - 929

5. Thermoelectric Properties of n-Type Multiple-Filled Skutterudites

   • X. Shi
   • J. R. Salvador
   • H. Wang

   OriginalPaper 21 January 2009 Pages: 930 - 933

6. Thermoelectric Properties of Directionally Solidified Half-Heusler (M _0.5 ^a ,M _0.5 ^b )NiSn (M^a, M^b = Hf, Zr, Ti) Alloys

   • Yoshisato Kimura
   • Hazuki Ueno
   • Yoshinao Mishima

   OriginalPaper 28 February 2009 Pages: 934 - 939

7. Seebeck Effect in IV–VI Semiconductor Films and Quantum Wells

   • Akihiro Ishida
   • Daoshe Cao
   • Takuji Kita

   OriginalPaper 04 March 2009 Pages: 940 - 943

8. Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Micro/Nanowire Array Elements Pressured into a Quartz Template Mold

   • Yasuhiro Hasegawa
   • Masayuki Murata
   • Shinichiro Nakamura

   OriginalPaper 21 April 2009 Pages: 944 - 949

9. Optimization of Microscale Thermoelectric Cooling (TEC) Element Dimensions for Hotspot Cooling Applications

   • P.Y. Hou
   • R. Baskaran
   • K.F. Böhringer

   OriginalPaper 19 February 2009 Pages: 950 - 953

10. Effect of Nanoparticles on Electron and Thermoelectric Transport

    • Mona Zebarjadi
    • Keivan Esfarjani
    • Art Gossard

    OriginalPaper Open access 28 January 2009 Pages: 954 - 959

11. Thermoelectric Transport in a ZrN/ScN Superlattice

    • Mona Zebarjadi
    • Zhixi Bian
    • Tim Sands

    OriginalPaper Open access 19 January 2009 Pages: 960 - 963

12. Thermal Conductivity and Dimensionless Figure of Merit of Thermoelectric Rhodium Oxides Measured by a Modified Harman Method

    • W. Kobayashi
    • W. Tamura
    • I. Terasaki

    OriginalPaper 21 April 2009 Pages: 964 - 967

13. Effect of Protective Layer and Etch Process on Silicon Molded Micro Peltier Arrays

    • M. Tonosaki
    • Y. Ishida
    • H. Ryoson

    OriginalPaper 05 February 2009 Pages: 968 - 973

14. Thermoelectric Power Generation System Using Waste Heat from Biomass Drying

    • S. Maneewan
    • S. Chindaruksa

    OriginalPaper 12 May 2009 Pages: 974 - 980

15. Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of the Double-Filled Skutterudite Yb_0.2In _y Co₄Sb₁₂

    • Jiangying Peng
    • Jian He
    • Terry M. Tritt

    OriginalPaper 09 January 2009 Pages: 981 - 984

16. Low-Temperature Transport Properties of Sn₂₄P_19.3Br₈ and Sn₁₇Zn₇P₂₂Br₈

    • S. Stefanoski
    • L. N. Reshetova
    • G. S. Nolas

    OriginalPaper 19 January 2009 Pages: 985 - 989

17. Thermoelectric Properties of InSb Nanowires Over a Wide Temperature Range

    • O.N. Uryupin
    • M.V. Vedernikov
    • A.V. Fokin

    OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 990 - 993

18. Numerical Simulation of the Thermomechanical Behavior of Extruded Bismuth Telluride Alloy Module

    • Th. Clin
    • S. Turenne
    • R. A. Masut

    OriginalPaper 27 March 2009 Pages: 994 - 1001

19. Thermoelectric Properties of Heavily Doped n-Type SrTiO₃ Bulk Materials

    • Yanjie Cui
    • James R. Salvador
    • Holger Kleinke

    OriginalPaper 21 January 2009 Pages: 1002 - 1007

20. Magnetron Deposition of In Situ Thermoelectric Mg₂Ge Thin Films

    • L. Chuang
    • N. Savvides
    • S. Li

    OriginalPaper 05 February 2009 Pages: 1008 - 1012

21. Thermoelectric Properties of B-Site Substituted LaRhO₃

    • S. Shibasaki
    • Y. Takahashi
    • I. Terasaki

    OriginalPaper 24 January 2009 Pages: 1013 - 1016

22. Synthesis of Nanocomposites with Improved Thermoelectric Properties

    • X. B. Zhao
    • S. H. Yang
    • T. J. Zhu

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2009 Pages: 1017 - 1024

23. Preliminary Study of Single Phase Preparation and Doping Effect of β-Zn₄Sb₃

    • Takashi Ueda
    • Kazuhiro Hasezaki

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2009 Pages: 1025 - 1029

24. New Ternary Arsenides for High-Temperature Thermoelectric Applications

    • Hong Xu
    • Tim Holgate
    • Holger Kleinke

    OriginalPaper 13 January 2009 Pages: 1030 - 1036

25. Measurement of Local Peltier Constant at a Microcontact

    • Mikio Koyano
    • Naoya Akashi

    OriginalPaper 20 March 2009 Pages: 1037 - 1040

26. Thermoelectric Characteristics of p-Type (Bi,Sb)₂Te₃/(Pb,Sn)Te Functional Gradient Materials with Variation of the Segment Ratio

    • Tae-Sung Oh

    OriginalPaper 27 February 2009 Pages: 1041 - 1047

27. Thermal Conductivity of Bi_0.5Sb_1.5Te₃ Affected by Grain Size and Pores

    • Takashi Hamachiyo
    • Maki Ashida
    • Kazuhiro Hasezaki

    OriginalPaper 03 March 2009 Pages: 1048 - 1051

28. Open-Structured Materials: Skutterudites and Clathrates

    • G.S. Nolas
    • X. Lin
    • H. Wang

    OriginalPaper 13 January 2009 Pages: 1052 - 1055

29. Microstructure and Thermoelectric Properties of n- and p-Type Doped Mg₂Sn Compounds Prepared by the Modified Bridgman Method

    • H. Y. Chen
    • N. Savvides

    OriginalPaper 06 January 2009 Pages: 1056 - 1060

30. Extruded Bismuth-Telluride-Based n-Type Alloys for Waste Heat Thermoelectric Recovery Applications

    • C. André
    • D. Vasilevskiy
    • R. A. Masut

    OriginalPaper 21 February 2009 Pages: 1061 - 1067

31. Thermoelectric Properties of Zintl Compound YbZn₂Sb₂ with Mn Substitution in Anionic Framework

    • T. J. Zhu
    • C. Yu
    • Terry M. Tritt

    OriginalPaper 27 January 2009 Pages: 1068 - 1071

32. Composites of Higher Manganese Silicides and Nanostructured Secondary Phases and Their Thermoelectric Properties

    • A. J. Zhou
    • X. B. Zhao
    • E. Mueller

    OriginalPaper 21 April 2009 Pages: 1072 - 1077

33. Transition-Metal Oxides for Thermoelectric Generation

    • J.P. Doumerc
    • M. Blangero
    • R. Decourt

    OriginalPaper 10 January 2009 Pages: 1078 - 1082

34. Approach to the Practical Use of Thermoelectric Power Generation

    • Takenobu Kajikawa

    OriginalPaper 12 May 2009 Pages: 1083 - 1088

35. Deposition of Bismuth Telluride Thick Film by Solidification under Centrifugal Pressure

    • Yoshiaki Kinemuchi
    • Tomohiro Aoki
    • Koji Watari

    OriginalPaper 19 January 2009 Pages: 1089 - 1092

36. Modeling a Thermoelectric HVAC System for Automobiles

    • C. S. Junior
    • N. C. Strupp
    • J. Koehler

    OriginalPaper 24 March 2009 Pages: 1093 - 1097

37. Doping Effects in Rare-Earth Borides

    • T. Mori
    • T. Shishido
    • K. Nakajima

    OriginalPaper 18 February 2009 Pages: 1098 - 1103

38. Thermoelectric Oxides: Effect of Doping in Delafossites and Zinc Oxide

    • E. Guilmeau
    • A. Maignan
    • C. Martin

    OriginalPaper 28 April 2009 Pages: 1104 - 1108

39. Microchip for the Measurement of Seebeck Coefficients of Single Nanowires

    • F. Völklein
    • M. Schmitt
    • R. Neumann

    OriginalPaper 28 February 2009 Pages: 1109 - 1115

40. On the Excess Oxygen in Four-Layered Rock-Salt-Type Units of Modulated Thermoelectric Bi-Sr-(Co,Rh)-O Compounds

    • Kunio Yubuta
    • Yuzuru Miyazaki
    • Tsuyoshi Kajitani

    OriginalPaper 24 February 2009 Pages: 1116 - 1120

41. Development of a Thermoelectric Module Using the Heusler Alloy Fe₂VAl

    • M. Mikami
    • K. Kobayashi
    • N. Uchiyama

    OriginalPaper 04 March 2009 Pages: 1121 - 1126

42. Soft X-ray Absorption and Photoemission Spectroscopy Study of Cobalt-Based Thermoelectric Oxides: \(\hbox{Ca}_3\hbox{Co}_4\hbox{O}_9\), \(\hbox{Ca}_3\hbox{Co}_2\hbox{O}_6\), and \(\hbox{Bi}_{2}\hbox{Sr}_{2}\hbox{Co}_2\hbox{O}_{y}\)

    • J.-S. Kang
    • H. J. Lee
    • B. I. Min

    OriginalPaper 13 January 2009 Pages: 1127 - 1131

43. Thermoelectric Properties of In_0.3Ga_0.7N Alloys

    • B. N. Pantha
    • R. Dahal
    • G. Pomrenke

    OriginalPaper 07 February 2009 Pages: 1132 - 1135

44. Synthesis, Crystal Structure, and Transport Properties of Na₂₂Si₁₃₆

    • M. Beekman
    • C. P. Sebastian
    • G. S. Nolas

    OriginalPaper Open access 19 January 2009 Pages: 1136 - 1141

45. Effects of Ball-Milling Atmosphere on the Thermoelectric Properties of TAGS-85 Compounds

    • S. N. Zhang
    • J. He
    • Terry M. Tritt

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2009 Pages: 1142 - 1147

46. Efficient Switched Thermoelectric Refrigerators for Cold Storage Applications

    • U. Ghoshal
    • A. Guha

    OriginalPaper 04 March 2009 Pages: 1148 - 1153

47. Microstructures and Thermoelectric Properties of an Annealed Ti_0.5(Hf_0.5Zr_0.5)_0.5NiSn_0.998Sb_0.002 Ribbon

    • Takao Morimura
    • Masayuki Hasaka
    • Hiromichi Nakashima

    OriginalPaper 14 April 2009 Pages: 1154 - 1158

48. Structure and High-Temperature Thermoelectric Properties of the n-Type Layered Oxide Ca_2−x Bi _x−δ MnO_4−γ

    • F. Kawashima
    • X.Y. Huang
    • T. Kajitani

    OriginalPaper 03 March 2009 Pages: 1159 - 1162

49. Intrinsic Seebeck Coefficient of Quantum Dots

    • Preeti Mani
    • Natthapon Nakpathomkun
    • Heiner Linke

    OriginalPaper 14 February 2009 Pages: 1163 - 1165

50. Thermoelectric Properties of the One-Dimensional Cobalt Oxide CaCo₂O₄

    • Masaaki Isobe
    • Masao Arai
    • Eiji Takayama-Muromachi

    OriginalPaper 19 February 2009 Pages: 1166 - 1170