# Observation of the transverse Thomson effect

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## Created at

2025-08-12T14:29:54.732009Z

## Updated at

2025-08-18T05:59:49.216492Z

## Published at

2025-12-25T23:19:17.558442Z

## Doi

https://doi.org/10.48505/nims.5635

## First published url

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02936-3

## Date published

2025-06-26

## Recorded date published

2025-8

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## Title

- title: Observation of the transverse Thomson effect
  title_type: original
  lang: en

## Description

- description: The Thomson effect refers to volumetric heating or cooling in a conductor
    when a charge current and a temperature gradient are applied in the same direction.
    Similarly, it is expected that a conductor will be heated or cooled when a charge
    current, a temperature gradient and a magnetic field are applied in orthogonal
    directions. This phenomenon, referred to as the transverse Thomson effect, has
    not been experimentally observed. Here we report the observation of this effect
    in a semimetallic Bi88Sb12 alloy with thermoelectric imaging. We can switch between
    heating or cooling by changing the direction of the magnetic field. Our experiments
    and analyses reveal the essential difference between the conventional and transverse
    Thomson effects. Whereas the former depends sorely on the temperature derivative
    of the Seebeck coefficient, the latter depends on the temperature derivative and
    the magnitude of the Nernst coefficient. The observation of the transverse Thomson
    effect provides a new concept for active thermal management technologies.
  description_type: abstract
  lang: und

## Creator

- name: Atsushi Takahagi
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0362-2772
- name: Takamasa Hirai
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5577-8018
- name: Abdulkareem Alasli
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1681-0492
- name: Sang J. Park
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1684-4876
- name: Hosei Nagano
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4926-2768
- name: Ken-ichi Uchida
  role: author
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-3051

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organization: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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## Keyword

- subject: Thermoelectrics
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- subject: Transverse Thomson effect
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- subject: Lock-in thermography
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## Rights

- description: 'This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after
    peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of
    use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements,
    or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02936-3'
  identifier: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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## Embargo

start_date: 2025-06-26
end_date: 2025-12-26

## Journal

- title: Nature Physics
  issn: '17452473'
  volume: '21'
  issue: '8'

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## Funding

- identifier: JPMJER2201
  funder_name: MEXT | JST | Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology
- identifier: 19H02585
  funder_name: MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- identifier: 22H04965
  funder_name: MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- identifier: 23KJ1122
  funder_name: MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- funder_name: NEC Corporation

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