Tunable few-electron double quantum dots and Klein tunnelling in ultraclean carbon nanotubes

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 363-367

  Steele, G A ^a   Gotz, G ^a   Kouwenhoven, L P ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALS; YARN;

COHERENT PROPERTIES; DOUBLE QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM DOT DEVICES; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; SINGLE ELECTRON SPIN; SINGLE QUANTUM DOT; TUNABLE NANOTUBES;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CARBON NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 67651098927     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.71     Document Type: Article

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