Tight-binding DFT for molecular electronics (gDFTB)

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 680, Issue , 2006, Pages 153-184

  Di Carlo, A ^a   Pecchia, A ^a   Latessa, L ^a   Frauenheim, Th ^b   Seifert, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 33749032114     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31514-4_6     Document Type: Article

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