Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures: Second Edition

Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots: Theoretical and Computational Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-482

  Harrison, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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