Conductivity of nanowire arrays under random and ordered orientation configurations

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Jagota, Milind ^a   Tansu, Nelson ^a  

^a Lehigh University   (United States)

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EID: 84929328954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10219     Document Type: Article

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