Electrical conductance of atomic contacts in liquid environments

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Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1067-1070

  Grüter, Lucia ^a   Gonzalez, M Teresa ^a   Huber, Roman ^a   Calame, Michel ^a   Schönenberger, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic contacts; Break junction; Charge transport; Molecular electronics; Nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

ATOMIC CONTACTS; BREAK JUNCTIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GOLD; METAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; NANOMATERIAL; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AIR; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; GOLD; MATERIALS TESTING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE;

EID: 33745437336     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200500145     Document Type: Article

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