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The matryoshka effect

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By tailoring the architecture of a bulk material at several different length scales, the ability of a semiconductor to convert heat into voltage has been optimized to a groundbreaking level of performance. See Letter p.414

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  1. Tom Nilges is in the Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Mönchen, 85747 Garching, Germany.,

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Nilges, T. The matryoshka effect. Nature 489, 375–376 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/489375a

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