Inelastic quantum transport in nanostructures: The self-consistent Born approximation and correlated electron-ion dynamics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  McEniry, Eunan J ^a   Frederiksen, Thomas ^b,c   Todorov, Tchavdar N ^a   Dundas, Daniel ^a   Horsfield, Andrew P ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c CIC NANOGUNE   (Spain)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 49149083862     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035446     Document Type: Article

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