Zero-bias anomaly and possible superconductivity in single-walled carbon nanotubes

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Jian ^a,c   Tselev, Alexander ^a   Yang, Yanfei ^a   Hatton, Kyle ^a   Barbara, Paola ^a   Shafraniuk, Serhii ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33749859477     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.155414     Document Type: Article

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