Carbon nanotube quantum resistors

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5370, 1998, Pages 1744-1746

  Frank, Stefan ^a   Poncharal, Philippe ^a   Wang, Z L ^b   De Heer, Walt A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GOLD; METAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUBE;

EID: 0032511085     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5370.1744     Document Type: Article

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