Quantum fluctuations of charge and phase transitions of a large Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 753181-7531812

  Kolomeisky, Eugene B ^a   Konik, Robert M ^a   Qi, Xiaoya ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037104403     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.075318     Document Type: Article

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