Exploring the limits of the self-consistent Born approximation for inelastic electronic transport

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lee, William ^a   Jean, Nicola ^a   Sanvito, Stefano ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 62149150629     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.085120     Document Type: Article

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