Coulomb blockade and discrete energy levels in Au nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 26, 1998, Pages 3959-3961

  Davidović, Dragomir ^a   Tinkham, M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001569868     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122949     Document Type: Review

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