Designable electron transport features in one-dimensional arrays of metallic nanoparticles: Monte Carlo study of the relation between shape and transport

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Semrau, Stefan ^a   Schoeller, Herbert ^a   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 29744441062     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.205443     Document Type: Article

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