Periodic tunnel-current oscillations in metal droplets

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 3660-3662

  Ruggiero, S T ^a   Ekkens, T B ^a   Arnold, G B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; OSCILLATIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CURRENT OSCILLATIONS;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 0141633663     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1599975     Document Type: Article

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