Formation and manipulation of a metallic wire of single gold atoms

Nature

Volumn 395, Issue 6704, 1998, Pages 783-785

  Yanson, A I ^a   Rubio Bollinger, G ^b   Van Den Brom, H E ^a   Agrait N ^b   Van Ruitenbeek, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; METAL METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032558827     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/27405     Document Type: Article

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