Supramolecular gratings for tuneable confinement of electrons on metal surfaces

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-103

  Pennec, Y ^a   Auwarter W ^a   Schiffrin, A ^a   Weber Bargioni, A ^a   Riemann, A ^a   Barth, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON GAS; FENCES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ADVANCED MATERIALS; BOTTOM UP METHODS; ELECTRON WAVE FUNCTIONS; NANO-SCALE CONFINEMENTS; QUANTUM-WELL STATE; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; TWO DIMENSIONAL SURFACE STATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 33846891820     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2006.212     Document Type: Article

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