Electron tunneling refers to the phenomenon in which electrons can pass through barriers or obstacles, such as insulators, that they would usually be unable to cross. It involves a quantum mechanical process where the electrons can "jump" or "tunnel" through these barriers due to their wave-like characteristics, resulting in an unexpected behavior of particles.
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«tunneling»
Sentences with «electron tunneling»
- Each time a packet of electrons tunneled through the barrier, the team was able to measure a current using remote electrodes. (sciencedaily.com)
- In in 1973 Giaever shared the Nobel Prize for physic with Leo Esakis for their discovery of electron tunnelling in superconductors; work Giaver had done while working with GE. (desmogblog.com)
- In the 2008 work Gühr's group examined electrons tunneling in nitrogen. (scientificamerican.com)
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