The signature of conductance quantization in metallic point contacts

Nature

Volumn 375, Issue 6534, 1995, Pages 767-769

  Krans, J M ^a   Van Ruitenbeek, J M ^a   Fisun, V V ^b   Yanson, I K ^b   De Jongh, L J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; POINT CONTACTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SODIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; ELECTRON GAS; METALLIC POINT CONTACTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; TWO LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0029326440     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/375767a0     Document Type: Article

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