Current-voltage curves of atomic-sized transition metal contacts: An explanation of why Au is Ohmic and Pt is not

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 066804/1-066804/4

  Nielsen, S K ^a   Brandbyge, M ^b   Hansen, K ^a   Stokbro, K ^b   van Ruitenbeek, J M ^c   Besenbacher, F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PLATINUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

ATOMIC SIZED TRANSITION METAL CONTACT; CRYOGENIC VACUUM; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; OHMIC;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0037026162     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.066804     Document Type: Article

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