Quantization effects in the conductance of metallic contacts at room temperature

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1022-1025

  Muller, C ^a   Krans, J ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000469221     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.1022     Document Type: Article

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