Spectroscopy of discrete energy levels in ultrasmall metallic grains

Physics Report

Volumn 345, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 61-173

  Von Delft, Jan ^a,c   Ralph, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic grains; Kondo effect; Nonequilibrium transport; Spin orbit interaction; Superconductivity; Ultrasmall metallic grains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001872303     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00099-5     Document Type: Review

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