First-principles quantum transport theory of the enhanced wind force driving electromigration on Ag(111)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Bevan, Kirk H ^a,b   Guo, Hong ^b   Williams, Ellen D ^c   Zhang, Zhenyu ^a,d,e  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d University of Tennesseea   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 77956303069     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.235416     Document Type: Article

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