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High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene

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High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene. / Fruhman, Joel; Astier, Hippolyte; Ehrler, Bruno et al.
In: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, 4307, 14.07.2021.

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Fruhman, J, Astier, H, Ehrler, B, Böhm, M, Eyre, L, Kidambi, P, Sassi, U, De Fazio, D, Griffiths, J, Robson, A, Robinson, B, Hofmann, S, Ferrari, A & Ford, C 2021, 'High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene', Nature Communications, vol. 12, 4307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24233-2

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Fruhman, J., Astier, H., Ehrler, B., Böhm, M., Eyre, L., Kidambi, P., Sassi, U., De Fazio, D., Griffiths, J., Robson, A., Robinson, B., Hofmann, S., Ferrari, A., & Ford, C. (2021). High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene. Nature Communications, 12, Article 4307. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24233-2

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Fruhman J, Astier H, Ehrler B, Böhm M, Eyre L, Kidambi P et al. High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene. Nature Communications. 2021 Jul 14;12:4307. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24233-2

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Fruhman, Joel ; Astier, Hippolyte ; Ehrler, Bruno et al. / High-yield parallel fabrication of quantum-dot monolayer single-electron devices displaying Coulomb staircase, contacted by graphene. In: Nature Communications. 2021 ; Vol. 12.

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