Nonlinear I-V characteristics of a mesoscopic conductor

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 5094-5102

  Wang, Baigeng ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Guo, Hong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0001414701     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371485     Document Type: Article

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