Resistive and rectifying effects of pulling gold atoms at thiol-gold nanocontacts

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Batista, Ronaldo J C ^a,b   Ordejón, Pablo ^c   Chacham, Helio ^a   Artacho, Emilio ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 33846432762     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.041402     Document Type: Article

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