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Thermoelectric properties of composite media are discussed (EMT-approximations, self-dual media, and percolation systems). Critical exponents near percolation threshold are derived. Isomorphism method for obtaining effective thermoelectric properties is presented.

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  1. Department of General and Theoretical Physics, National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Kiev, Ukraine

    Andrei A. Snarskii

  2. Research and Development, ZAO “NPP Nauka-Service”, Moscow, Russia

    Igor V. Bezsudnov

  3. ZAO “NPP Nauka-Service”, Moscow, Russia

    Vladimir A. Sevryukov

  4. Citibank, Staten Island, NY, USA

    Alexander Morozovskiy

  5. BCC, CUNY Graduate Center, Physics Program, Livingston, NJ, USA

    Joseph Malinsky

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Snarskii, A.A., Bezsudnov, I.V., Sevryukov, V.A., Morozovskiy, A., Malinsky, J. (2016). Thermoelectric Properties. In: Transport Processes in Macroscopically Disordered Media. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8291-9_15

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