A single-electron transistor made from a cadmium selenide nanocrystal

Nature

Volumn 389, Issue 6652, 1997, Pages 699-701

  Klein, David L ^a   Rotht, Richard ^a,b   Lim, Andrew K L ^a,b   Alivisatosti, A Paul ^a,b   McEuen, Paul L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LITHOGRAPHY; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSISTORS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTOR;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CADMIUM; NANOPARTICLE; SELENIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0031575290     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/39535     Document Type: Article

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