Counting electrons transferred through a thin alumina film into Au chains

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Nilius, N ^a   Ganduglia Pirovano, M V ^b   Brazdova V ^b,c   Kulawik, M ^a   Sauer, J ^b   Freund, H J ^a  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALUMINA; BINDING SITES; MONOMERS; THIN FILMS;

SELF-ORGANIZATION; TRANSFER ELECTRONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 40849145727     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.096802     Document Type: Article

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