Quantum supercurrent transistors in carbon nanotubes

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7079, 2006, Pages 953-956

  Jarillo Herrero, Pablo ^a   Van Dam, Jorden A ^a   Kouwenhoven, Leo P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERMI LEVEL; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ANDREEV REFLECTION; DISSIPATIONLESS CURRENT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CARBON NANOTUBE;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; NANOTUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 33644511738     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04550     Document Type: Article

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