Formation and control of electron molecules in artificial atoms: Impurity and magnetic-field effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 15895-15904

  Yannouleas, Constantine ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000679805     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.15895     Document Type: Article

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