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Single-Electron Devices

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The electrical charge is quantized in the elementary quantum –e carried by single electrons. In mesoscopic systems at sufficiently low temperature, this discrete elementary charge can give rise to peculiar electrostatic effects. With achieving the ability of making small devices on the scale of less than few hundred nanometers, devices based on single-electron charging effects have been proposed and realized in the last 15 years.

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  1. Dept. of Physics and College of Optics and Photonics: CREOL & FPCE, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    Kurt Busch

  2. Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Engesserstr. 15, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Annie Powell

  3. DFG-Centrum für Funktionelle Nanostrukturen, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Christian Röthig

  4. Institut für Theoretische Festkörperphysik, Universität Karlsruhe (TH), 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Gerd Schön

  5. Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

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Weis, J. (2005). Single-Electron Devices. In: Busch, K., Powell, A., Röthig, C., Schön, G., Weissmüller, J. (eds) CFN Lectures on Functional Nanostructures Vol. 1. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 658. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31533-9_5

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