Two types of electronic states in one-dimensional crystals of finite length

Annals of Physics

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-30

  Ren, Shang Yuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0037057283     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aphy.2002.6298     Document Type: Article

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