Switchable nanometer contacts: Ultrathin Ag nanostructures on Si(100)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gardinowski, G ^a   Schmeidel, J ^a   Pfnur H ^a   Block, T ^a   Tegenkamp, C ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILVER; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTROMIGRATION (EM); FERROCENEDITHIOL MOLECULES; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33747201720     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2336650     Document Type: Article

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