Electrical discharges between platinum nanoprobe tips and gold films at nanometre gap lengths

Nanotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-139

  Farson, D F ^a   Choi, H W ^a   Rokhlin, S I ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CAPACITANCE; CATHODES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GOLD; METALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THIN FILMS;

CURRENT REGULATIONS; METAL ANODES; METAL CATHODES;

PLATINUM;

EID: 29144494193     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/17/1/021     Document Type: Article

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