Separating spin and charge transport in single-wall carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Tombros, N ^a   Van Der Molen, S J ^a   Van Wees, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33745101728     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.233403     Document Type: Article

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