Controlled fabrication of metallic electrodes with atomic separation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2084-2086

  Morpurgo, A F ^a   Marcus, C M ^a   Robinson, D B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000516596     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123765     Document Type: Article

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