Localization-delocalization transition in quantum dots

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5428, 1999, Pages 715-718

  Zhitenev, N B ^a,b   Brodsky, M ^a   Ashoori, R C ^a   Pfeiffer, L N ^b   West, K W ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0033618617     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5428.715     Document Type: Article

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23. Supported by the Office of Naval Research, the Packard Foundation, the National Science Foundation DMR, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Materials Science and Engineering, and JSEP. We thank L. S. Levitov, M. A. Kastner, and P. A. Lee for illuminating discussions.