Quantum suppression of the Rayleigh instability in nanowires

Nonlinearity

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 167-177

  Kassubek, F ^a,b   Stafford, C A ^b   Grabert, Hermann ^a   Goldstein, Raymond E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0035590470     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/14/1/310     Document Type: Article

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