Effect of interactions on the conductance of graphene nanoribbons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Bazzanella, M ^a   Faccioli, P ^a,b   Lipparini, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b INFN TIFPA   (Italy)

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EID: 78649741804     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.205422     Document Type: Article

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