An adjustable oxide-free tunnel junction for vibrational spectroscopy of molecules

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2500-2502

  Zimmerman, Darin T ^a   Weimer, Michael B ^b   Agnolet, Glenn ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0005309784     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125061     Document Type: Article

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