Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes

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Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes. / Laird, Edward A.; Kuemmeth, Ferdinand; Steele, Gary A.; Grove-Rasmussen, Kasper; Nygård, Jesper; Flensberg, Karsten; Kouwenhoven, Leo P.

In: Reviews of Modern Physics, Vol. 87, No. 3, 28.07.2015, p. 703-764.

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Laird, EA, Kuemmeth, F, Steele, GA, Grove-Rasmussen, K, Nygård, J, Flensberg, K & Kouwenhoven, LP 2015, 'Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes', Reviews of Modern Physics, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 703-764. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.87.703

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Laird, E. A., Kuemmeth, F., Steele, G. A., Grove-Rasmussen, K., Nygård, J., Flensberg, K., & Kouwenhoven, L. P. (2015). Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes. Reviews of Modern Physics, 87(3), 703-764. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.87.703

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Laird EA, Kuemmeth F, Steele GA, Grove-Rasmussen K, Nygård J, Flensberg K et al. Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes. Reviews of Modern Physics. 2015 Jul 28;87(3):703-764. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.87.703

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Laird, Edward A. ; Kuemmeth, Ferdinand ; Steele, Gary A. ; Grove-Rasmussen, Kasper ; Nygård, Jesper ; Flensberg, Karsten ; Kouwenhoven, Leo P. / Quantum transport in carbon nanotubes. In: Reviews of Modern Physics. 2015 ; Vol. 87, No. 3. pp. 703-764.

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