The one-dimensional Wigner crystal in carbon nanotubes

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 314-318

  Deshpande, Vikram V ^a   Bockrath, Marc ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; QUANTUM COMPUTERS; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE; YARN;

AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; LOW TEMPERATURES; LUTTINGER LIQUIDS; SEMICONDUCTING CARBON NANOTUBES; SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSPORT; SOLID-STATE QUANTUM COMPUTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; WIGNER CRYSTALS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 41549169610     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys895     Document Type: Article

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