Carbon-nanotube-based quantum pump in the presence of a superconducting lead

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1954191-1954198

  Wei, Yadong ^a   Wang, Jian ^b  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LEAD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ENERGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARAMETER; PUMP; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TUBE;

EID: 37649031831     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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