Electronic properties of sculpturenes

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Algharagholy, Laith ^a   Pope, Thomas ^b   Bailey, Steven W D ^b   Lambert, Colin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AL QADISIYAH   (Iraq)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84894193842     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013060     Document Type: Article

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