Quasi-bound states induced by one-dimensional potentials in graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Nguyen, H Chau ^a   Hoang, M Tien ^a   Nguyen, V Lien ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Viet Nam)

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EID: 60349129643     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035411     Document Type: Article

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