Transport in nanoscale systems: The microcanonical versus grand-canonical picture

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 16, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 8025-8034

  Di Ventra, M ^a   Todorov, T N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

METALLIC NANOJUNCTIONS; ONE-ELECTRON CURRENT; STEADY-STATE CONDUCTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 9744279774     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/16/45/024     Document Type: Article

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