Electrical transport in deformed nanostrips: Electrical signature of reversible mechanical failure

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 765-771

  Datta, S ^a   Chaudhuri, D ^a   Saha Dasgupta, T ^a   Sengupta, S ^a  

^a S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 33644923791     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: 12864854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10448-8     Document Type: Review

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