Transport through a single-atom junction

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2663-2671

  Mozos, José Luis ^a,c   Wan, C C ^a   Taraschi, Gianni ^a   Wang, Jian ^b   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

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EID: 0000611103     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/10/12/008     Document Type: Article

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