Interplay of magneto-elastic and polaronic effects in electronic transport through suspended carbon-nanotube quantum dots

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 410-425

  Rastelli, G ^a   Houzet, M ^a   Glazman, L ^b   Pistolesi, F ^c,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UMR 5798   (France)

Author keywords

Nano electromechanical system; Polaron; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861828728     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2012.03.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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