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Elastic and Electric Fields in Quantum Wire/Dot Nanostructures via the Perturbation Theory
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A displacement integral equation formulation of three-dimensional infinite isotropic matrix with inhomogeneities of arbitrary shapes is derived based on the assumption that both the inhomogeneity and matrix ha...
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