Mechanically controllable break-junctions for use as electrodes for molecular electronics

Nanotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Bohler T ^a   Grebing, J ^a   Mayer Gindner, A ^b   Lohneysen H V ^b,c   Scheer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; FULLERENES; MOLECULES; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS;

BREAK-JUNCTIONS; CONTACT GEOMETRY; CONTACT RESISTANCES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 3142764539     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/15/7/054     Document Type: Article

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