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Edited by: Suzanne Kennedy and Nick Oswald Published: 2011 ISBN: 978-1-904455-72-1 An essential book for all scientists using PCR, real-time PCR, qPCR and related techniques. read more ... |
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Chapter 6. Figure 1. The Peltier effect corresponds to the heat transfer from one end of a conductor to the other caused by the passage of an electrical current. When a voltage is applied across a semiconductor thermocouple, electrons in the N type material migrate towards the positive terminal. Similarly holes in the P type material migrate towards the negative terminal. The charge movement is accelerated thanks to an electric field (yellow arrows) created by applying a voltage between the terminals of the device and this result into heat being dissipated through a heat sink.
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