Geometrical dependence of conductance quantization in metal point contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 3168-3172

  Jian, W B ^a   Chang, C S ^a   Li, W Y ^a   Tsong, Tien T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0000291256     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.3168     Document Type: Article

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