Study of plastic flow in ultrasmall Au contacts

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1259-1263

  Stalder, A ^a   Durig U ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 5544275539     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.588527     Document Type: Article

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