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Progressive reduction of the effective diameter of a nanowire is applied to trace evolution of the shape of superconducting transition $R(T)$ in quasi-one-dimensional aluminum structures. In nanowires with effective diameter $\leq$ 15 nm…
Nanoscale control over electron transport at scales that are comparable to the Fermi wavelength or mean-free path can lead to new families of electronic devices. Here we report electrical rectification in nanowires formed by nanoscale…
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