First-principles calculation of the Andreev conductance of carbon wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Bin ^a   Wei, Yadong ^b   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84863670273     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.035414     Document Type: Article

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