Carbon string structures: First-principles calculations of quantum conductance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 23, 2005, Pages

  Senger, R T ^a   Tongay, S ^a   Dag, S ^a   Durgun, E ^a   Ciraci, S ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 28344446488     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.235406     Document Type: Article

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