Carbon nanotube-based nonvolatile random access memory for molecular computing

Science

Volumn 289, Issue 5476, 2000, Pages 94-97

  Rueckes, Thomas ^a   Kim, Kyoungha ^a   Joselevich, Ernesto ^a   Tseng, Greg Y ^a   Cheung, Chin Li ^a   Lieber, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034617249     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5476.94     Document Type: Article

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