Conformal mapping and shot noise in graphene

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Rycerz, Adam ^a,b   Recher, Patrik ^c   Wimmer, Michael ^b,d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70350712333     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.125417     Document Type: Article

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