Contact to single atoms and molecules with the tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Kroger J ^a   Neel N ^a   Limot, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE ATOMS;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS;

EID: 44449174648     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/22/223001     Document Type: Article

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