On the Reasons for Stepwise Changes in the Tunneling Current across Metallic Nanogaps

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1633-1637

  Narambuena, Claudio F ^a   Del Pópolo, Mario G ^a   Leiva, Ezequiel P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

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Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION;

EID: 0346101513     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl034474i     Document Type: Article

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