Controlled fabrication of nanogaps in ambient environment for molecular electronics 043109

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Strachan, D R ^a,b   Smith, D E ^a   Johnston, D E ^a   Park, T H ^a   Therien, Michael J ^a   Bonnell, D A ^b   Johnson, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOGAPS; TUNNELING RESISTANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMIGRATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 13644283817     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1857095     Document Type: Article

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