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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 617214, 10 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/617214
Research Article

Development of Quantum Simulator for Emerging Nanoelectronics Devices

Dinh Sy Hien

Ho Chi Minh City University of Science, 227 Nguyen Van Cu Street, District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Received 5 April 2012; Accepted 21 June 2012

Academic Editors: B. Coasne, G. A. Kachurin, D. K. Sarker, and D. Tsoukalas

Copyright © 2012 Dinh Sy Hien. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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