Effect of wire length on coulomb blockade in ultrathin wires of recrystallized hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6931-6939

  Ng, V ^a,b   Ahmed, H ^b   Shimada, T ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

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EID: 0000104593     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371775     Document Type: Article

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