Conductance steps in point contacts: Quantization or cross-section jumps?

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 234-237

  Torres, J A ^a   Saenz J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ATOMIC POINT CONTACT; CROSS SECTION JUMPS; ELECTRON GASES; ELONGATION PROCESS; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTIONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM RESONANT SCATTERING;

POINT CONTACTS;

EID: 0030087204     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-4526(95)00602-8     Document Type: Article

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