Aharonov-Bohm oscillations in carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6721, 1999, Pages 673-675

  Bachtold, Adrian ^a   Strunk, Christoph ^a   Salvetat, Jean Paul ^b   Bonard, Jean Marc ^b   Forró, Laszló ^b   Nussbaumer, Thomas ^a   Schönenberger, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETORESISTANCE; OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

AHARONOV-BOHM EFFECT; ANISOTROPIC ELECTRON CURRENTS; CONDUCTING MOLECULAR WIRES; GRAPHENE SHEETS;

NANOTUBES;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033602267     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17755     Document Type: Article

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