Ballistic transport and electronic structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 8907-8926

  Schep, Kees M ^a   Kelly, Paul J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000500645     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.8907     Document Type: Article

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