SINGLE-ELECTRON TRANSFER IN METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES

被引:183
作者
DEVORET, MH
ESTEVE, D
URBINA, C
机构
[1] Service de Physique de I'Etat Condensé, CEA-Saclay
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10.1038/360547a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Electrons can be made to pass through a circuit one by one, in nanoscale devices based on the combination of the Coulomb interaction between electrons and their passage by quantum tunnelling through an insulating barrier. Single-electron devices provide a new way of measuring the charge quantum, and clarify how electronic signal processing at the molecular level might function.
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