Superconductivity in a single-C 60 transistor

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 876-879

  Winkelmann, Clemens B ^a   Roch, Nicolas ^a   Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang ^a   Bouchiat, Vincent ^a   Balestro, Franck ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FULLERENES; QUANTUM OPTICS; YARN;

ACCESS RESISTANCE; CARBON STRUCTURES; LONG RANGE CORRELATIONS; PROBE ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE; QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICES; SINGLE-MOLECULE TRANSISTOR;

MOLECULES;

EID: 71449115643     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1433     Document Type: Article

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