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We present a new model of electron transport in warm and hot dense plasmas which combines the quantum Landau-Fokker-Planck equation with the concept of mean-force scattering. We obtain electrical and thermal conductivities across several…
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We deduce a non-linear continuum model of graphene for the case of finite out-of-plane displacements and small in-plane deformations. On assuming that the lattice interactions are governed by the Brenner's REBO potential of 2nd generation…
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