Size limit of defect formation in dyramidal Pt Nanocontacts

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Rodrigues, V ^a   Sato, F ^a   Galvao D S ^a   Ugarte, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; LIGHT SCATTERING; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PT NANOCONTACTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCATTERING PLANES;

DEFECT STRUCTURES;

EID: 37249083002     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.255501     Document Type: Article

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