Scaling theory of the Peierls charge density wave in metal nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Urban, D F ^a   Stafford, C A ^b   Grabert, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 34347341652     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205428     Document Type: Article

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