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Single-electron transfer in metallic nanostructures

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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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