Nonlinear single-electron tunneling through individually coated colloid particles at room temperature

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 1998, Pages R15124-R15127

  Yau, S ^a   Mulvaney, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0001691113     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R15124     Document Type: Article

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