Interpretation and theory of tunneling experiments on single nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-14

  Niquet, Y M ^a   Delerue, C ^a   Allan, G ^a   Lannoo, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT D ELECTRONIQUE   (France)

^b ISEM   (France)

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EID: 85038271170     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.165334     Document Type: Article

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