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Comments on small capacitors

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We discuss the concept of an ultrasmall capacitor and the experimental probing of such objects.

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  2. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, 02115, Boston, MA, USA

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Spiller, T.P., Clark, T.D., Prance, R.J. et al. Comments on small capacitors. Nuov Cim B 107, 725–731 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02723179

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