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Effective Mass

Effective Mass is a physical parameter in solid-state physics that, within the context of electronic band structure and charge carrier transport, represents the apparent mass of a charge carrier under the influence of a periodic crystal potential, accounting for the curvature of the energy band and enabling the description of carrier dynamics using classical Newtonian mechanics in a modified form.

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Graphene: Status and Prospects

A. K. Geǐm · Science · 2009 · 13.9K citations · Full text

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Extremely Low Frequency Plasmons in Metallic Mesostructures

J. B. Pendry, A.J. Holden, Will Stewart et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1996 · 4.3K citations

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Deformation Potentials and Mobilities in Non-Polar Crystals

J. Bardeen, W. Shockley · Physical Review · 1950 · 3.8K citations

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Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects in Zinc Blende Structures

Physical Review · 1955 · 3.7K citations

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Motion of Electrons and Holes in Perturbed Periodic Fields

J. M. Luttinger, W. Kohn · Physical Review · 1955 · 3.1K citations

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  1. TA
    Tsuneya Ando

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    39 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. CD
    C.A. Duque

    Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

    48 publications · 1.6K citations

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  3. GJ
    G. Jeffrey Snyder

    Northwestern University, United States

    29 publications · 3.8K citations

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  4. NP
    N. Porras‐Montenegro

    Universidad del Valle, Colombia

    24 publications · 959 citations

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  5. KP
    K. P. Ghatak

    University of Calcutta, India

    34 publications · 802 citations

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  1. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

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    419 publications

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  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    731 publications

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  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

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  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

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  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    43 h-index

    379 publications

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  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    42 h-index

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  7. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

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  8. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

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  1. Physical review. B, Condensed matter

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