The signature of chemical valence in the electrical conduction through a single-atom contact

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6689, 1998, Pages 154-157

  Scheer, Elke ^a,d   Agraït, Nicolás ^b   Cuevas, Juan Carlos ^b   Yeyati, Alfredo Levy ^b   Ludoph, Bas ^c   Martín Rodero, Alvaro ^b   Bollinger, Gabino Rubio ^b   Van Ruitenbeek, Jan M ^c   Urbina, Cristián ^a  

^a SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032500145     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/28112     Document Type: Article

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