Quantum and Boltzmann transport in a quasi-one-dimensional wire with rough edges

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Feilhauer, J ^a   Moko, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Slovakia)

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EID: 79961239230     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.245328     Document Type: Article

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