Non-equilibrium singlet-triplet Kondo effect in carbon nanotubes

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 460-464

  Paaske, J ^a   Rosch, A ^b   Wolfle P ^c   Mason, N ^d,e   Marcus, C M ^e   Nygard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON EQUILIBRIUM; SINGLET-TRIPLET;

YARN;

EID: 33745804944     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys340     Document Type: Article

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