First-principles scattering-state approach for nonlinear electrical transport in nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Choi, Hyoung Joon ^a,b   Cohen, Marvin L ^b,c   Louie, Steven G ^b,c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 35448950817     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.155420     Document Type: Article

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