Electronic transport in nanoscale contacts with rough boundaries

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 13074-13085

  Bratkovsky, A ^a   Rashkeev, S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000067065     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.13074     Document Type: Article

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