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Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions

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Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions. / Makk, P.; Visontai, D.; Oroszlany, L. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 107, No. 27, 276801, 28.12.2011.

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Makk, P, Visontai, D, Oroszlany, L, Manrique, D, Csonka, S, Cserti, J, Halbritter, A & Lambert, C 2011, 'Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions', Physical review letters, vol. 107, no. 27, 276801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276801

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Makk, P., Visontai, D., Oroszlany, L., Manrique, D., Csonka, S., Cserti, J., Halbritter, A., & Lambert, C. (2011). Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions. Physical review letters, 107(27), Article 276801. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276801

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Makk P, Visontai D, Oroszlany L, Manrique D, Csonka S, Cserti J et al. Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions. Physical review letters. 2011 Dec 28;107(27):276801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276801

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Makk, P. ; Visontai, D. ; Oroszlany, L. et al. / Advanced Simulation of Conductance Histograms Validated through Channel-Sensitive Experiments on Indium Nanojunctions. In: Physical review letters. 2011 ; Vol. 107, No. 27.

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