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A. Ziegler and M. Luisier, "Complex Band Structure Effects in k $\cdot$ p-Based Quantum Transport Simulations of p-Type Silicon Nanowire Transistors," in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 1298-1302, April 2018, doi: 10.1109/TED.2018.2808842.
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