Spontaneous spin polarization and electron localization in constrained geometries: The Wigner transition in nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Hughes, D ^a   Ballone, P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45249095146     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245312     Document Type: Article

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