Conductance of a quantum wire at low electron density

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-15

  Matveev, K A ^a,b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY GRADIENT; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; EXCITATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SURFACE CHARGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 14944345694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.245319     Document Type: Article

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