Quantum dots in carbon nanotubes

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 39, Issue 12 B, 2000, Pages 7053-7057

  Ishibashi, Koji ^a,b   Ida, Tetsuya ^a   Suzuki, Masaki ^c   Tsukagoshi, Kazuhito ^a   Aoyagi, Yoshinobu ^a,b  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Coulomb blockade; Microwave irradiation; Quantum dot; SWNT; Zero dimensional level

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); IRRADIATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (SWNT); ZERO-DIMENSIONAL CONFINED LEVELS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 0034427846     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.39.7053     Document Type: Article

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