Quantum point contact on graphite surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7872-7881

  Kilic C ^a   Mehrez, H ^a   Ciraci, S ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0141670001     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.7872     Document Type: Article

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