STM investigation of the charge transport mechanisms to nanoscale metallic islands on a semiconductor substrate

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Dupont Ferrier, E ^a   Mallet, P ^a   Magaud, L ^a   Veuillen, J Y ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 34347342752     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205315     Document Type: Article

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