Distribution of conduction channels in nanoscale contacts: Evolution towards the diffusive limit

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 663-669

  Riquelme, J J ^a   De La Vega, L ^a   Levy Yeyati, A ^a,b   Agrait N ^a,b   Martin Rodero, A ^a,b   Rubio Bollinger, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

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EID: 19944384122     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10028-0     Document Type: Article

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