Tunneling into a single magnetic atom: Spectroscopic evidence of the Kondo resonance

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5363, 1998, Pages 567-569

  Madhavan, V ^a   Chen, W ^a   Jamneala, T ^a   Crommie, M F ^a   Wingreen, N S ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; GOLD ALLOY;

ARTICLE; CRYOBIOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETISM; METAL BINDING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032562570     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5363.567     Document Type: Article

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