Insulator-metal transition in Coulomb blockade nanostructures

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 689-691

  Aslam, M ^a   Mulla, I S ^a   Vijayamohanan, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 0039436831     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1381040     Document Type: Article

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