Kondo effect in a single-electron transistor

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6663, 1998, Pages 156-159

  Goldhaber Gordon, D ^a,b   Shtrikmant, Hadas ^b   Mahalu, D ^b   Abusch Magder, David ^a   Meirav, U ^b   Kastner, M A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0032495519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34373     Document Type: Article

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