Transformation electronics: Tailoring the effective mass of electrons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Silveirinha, Mário G ^a,b   Engheta, Nader ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

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EID: 84867476380     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.161104     Document Type: Article

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