A computational study of the quantum transport properties of a Cu-CNT composite

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 18273-18277

  Ghorbani Asl, Mahdi ^a   Bristowe, Paul D ^a   Koziol, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84936976716     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01470k     Document Type: Article

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