Comment on 'Heat dissipation in atomic-scale junctions'
- Resource Type
- Working Paper
- Authors
- Apertet, Y.; Ouerdane, H.; Goupil, C.; Lecoeur, Ph.
- Source
- Subject
- Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
- Language
We discuss the recent results of Lee et al. [Nature 498, 209 (2013)] using the notion of thermoelectric convection. In particular, we highlight the fact that this contribution to the thermal flux is not a dissipative process.