Universal transport signatures in two-electron molecular quantum dots: Gate-tunable Hund's rule, underscreened Kondo effect and quantum phase transitions

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Florens, Serge ^a   Freyn, Axel ^a   Roch, Nicolas ^a   Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang ^a   Balestro, Franck ^a   Roura Bas, Pablo ^b   Aligia, A A ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDERSON MODELS; ASYMMETRIC COUPLING; BACK-GATE; CO-TUNNELING; COULOMB DIAMONDS; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; FINITE BIAS; GATE VOLTAGES; HUND'S RULE; KONDO ANOMALY; KONDO PROBLEMS; LOW VOLTAGES; MAGNETIC CONFIGURATION; METALLIC CONTACTS; MOLECULAR QUANTUM DOTS; MOLECULAR TRANSISTORS; NON-FERMI LIQUIDS; NONMAGNETICS; NUMERICAL RENORMALIZATION GROUPS; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; SINGLET-TRIPLET SPLITTING; SPIN-ORBIT EFFECTS; TRIPLET STATE; TWO STAGE; UNDERSCREENED KONDO EFFECT; ZERO BIAS;

BIAS VOLTAGE; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FERMI LIQUIDS; KONDO EFFECT; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM THEORY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 79958202208     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/24/243202     Document Type: Review

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