Kinetic theory of quantum transport at the nanoscale

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Gebauer, Ralph ^a,b   Car, Roberto ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b INFM Detnocritos Natl Simulat Ctr   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THEORY;

EID: 19744382017     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.125324     Document Type: Article

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