A nanodevice for rectification and pumping ions

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 567-574

  Siwy, Zuzanna ^a,b   Fuliński, Andrzej ^c  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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EID: 2442555708     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1648328     Document Type: Article

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