Mechanics of lithographically defined break junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Vrouwe, S A G ^a   Van Der Giessen, E ^a   Van Der Molen, S J ^a   Dulic, D ^a   Trouwborst, M L ^a   Van Wees, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 15444365147     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.035313     Document Type: Article

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