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Nature Physics 2, 15 - 16 (2006)
doi:10.1038/nphys203

Subject Categories: Condensed-matter physics | Quantum physics

Quantum coherence: An ideal 1D quantum wire?

Heinz Bässler1

  1. Heinz Bässler is in the Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps University, Hans Meerwein Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany. e-mail: baessler@staff.uni-marburg.de


The observation of macroscopic quantum coherent behaviour by a single polymer chain provides an important model system for studying the physics of reduced dimensionality, unperturbed by the disorder that can complicate the study of conventional inorganic systems.

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