Dielectric Breakdown and Avalanches at Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions

Shekhawat, Ashivni; Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Zapperi, Stefano; Sethna, James P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276401

Title: Dielectric Breakdown and Avalanches at Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions

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Authors:: Shekhawat, Ashivni; Papanikolaou, Stefanos; Zapperi, Stefano; Sethna, James P.

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1098499

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 27; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Shekhawat, Ashivni, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, Zapperi, Stefano, and Sethna, James P. Dielectric Breakdown and Avalanches at Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Shekhawat, Ashivni, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, Zapperi, Stefano, & Sethna, James P. Dielectric Breakdown and Avalanches at Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276401

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                    Shekhawat, Ashivni, Papanikolaou, Stefanos, Zapperi, Stefano, and Sethna, James P. Wed .  
"Dielectric Breakdown and Avalanches at Nonequilibrium Metal-Insulator Transitions".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.276401.

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