Tunnelling and point contact spectroscopy of the density of states in quasicrystalline alloys

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 383-404

  Escudero, R ^a   Lasjaunias, J C ^b   Calvayrac, Y ^c   Boudard, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 0000921919     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/11/2/006     Document Type: Article

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