Coulomb correlation effects in semiconductor quantum dots: the role of dimensionality

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 10165-10175

  Rontani, Massimo ^a   Rossi, Fausto ^a   Manghi, Franca ^a   Molinari, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000848450     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.10165     Document Type: Article

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