Recent progress of probing correlated electron states by point contact spectroscopy

doi:10.1088/0034-4885/79/9/094502

Title: Recent progress of probing correlated electron states by point contact spectroscopy

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Authors:: Lee, Wei-Cheng; Greene, Laura H.

Publication Date:: 2016-08-17

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1297258

Grant/Contract Number:: AC0298CH1088

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Reports on Progress in Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Reports on Progress in Physics Journal Volume: 79 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-4885

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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                    Lee, Wei-Cheng, and Greene, Laura H. Recent progress of probing correlated electron states by point contact spectroscopy.  United Kingdom: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Lee, Wei-Cheng, & Greene, Laura H. Recent progress of probing correlated electron states by point contact spectroscopy.  United Kingdom.  doi:10.1088/0034-4885/79/9/094502.

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  title        = {Recent progress of probing correlated electron states by point contact spectroscopy},

  author       = {Lee, Wei-Cheng and Greene, Laura H.},

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  doi          = {10.1088/0034-4885/79/9/094502},

  journal      = {Reports on Progress in Physics},

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  place        = {United Kingdom},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {8}

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