Conduction channels of one-atom zinc contacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Hafner M ^a   Konrad, P ^b   Pauly, F ^a   Cuevas, J C ^a   Scheer, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HISTOGRAM; VIBRISSA;

EID: 14944378403     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.241404     Document Type: Article

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