An approach to electrical studies of single nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2574-2576

  Klein, David L ^a   McEuen, Paul L ^a   Katari, Janet E Bowen ^a   Roth, Richard ^a   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 21544476973     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.116188     Document Type: Article

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