Electron transport in silicon nanowires having different cross-sections
By: Orazio Muscato and Tina Castiglione
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/caim-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2038-0909
Language: English
Page range: 8 - 25
Submitted on: Jan 3, 2015
Accepted on: May 7, 2015
Published on: May 20, 2016
Published by: Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathemathics
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