Ab initio tight-binding LMTO method for nonequilibrium electron transport in nanosystems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Faleev, Sergey V ^a   Léonard, François ^a   Stewart, Derek A ^a,c   Van Schilfgaarde, Mark ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and the Cornell Nanofabrication Facility   (United States)

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EID: 33344472760     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.195422     Document Type: Article

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