Quantum fluctuations in the cohesive force of metallic nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages R7849-R7851

  Hoppler C ^a   Zwerger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0000638310     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R7849     Document Type: Article

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