Quantum properties of atomic-sized conductors

Physics Reports

Volumn 377, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 81-279

  Agraït, Nicolás ^a   Yeyati, Alfredo Levy ^a   van Ruitenbeek, Jan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0037375314     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00633-6     Document Type: Review

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