Influence of anomalous roughness growth on the electrical conductivity of thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Palasantzas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33344472903     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.205320     Document Type: Article

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