An embedded quantum wire model of dielectric breakdown

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 585-587

  Ting, D Z Y ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000926071     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123153     Document Type: Article

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