Stable single-atom contacts of zinc whiskers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Konrad, P ^a   Bacca, C ^a   Scheer, E ^a   Brenner, P ^b   Mayer Gindner, A ^b   Lohneysen H V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROPLATING; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ZINC;

ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTIONS (MCB); TUNNEL CONTACTS; ZINC WHISKERS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 20844460265     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1926408     Document Type: Article

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