Conductance histograms and conducting channels in atomic-scale metallic contacts

Surface Science

Volumn 440, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Lopez Ciudad T ^a,b   Garcia Martin A ^a   Caamano A J ^a   Saenz J J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY;

JELLIUM MODELS; QUANTUM EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC CONTACTS;

EID: 0033358862     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(99)00871-7     Document Type: Article

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