Kondo effect in an integer-spin quantum dot

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6788, 2000, Pages 764-767

  Sasaki, S ^a   De Franceschl, S ^b   Elzerman, J M ^b   Van Der Wiel, W G ^b   Eto, M ^b,c   Tarucha, S ^a,d   Kouwenhoven, L P ^b  

^a NTT Basic Research Laboratories   (Japan)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 0034660411     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35015509     Document Type: Article

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