A self-assembled single-electron tunneling device

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 852, Issue , 1998, Pages 188-196

  Persson, S H M ^a   Olofsson, L ^a   Hedberg, L ^a   Sutherland, D ^a   Olsson, E ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; OCTANE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLLOID; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031822758     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09872.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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