Switching an electrical current with atoms: The reproducible operation of a multi-atom relay

Solid State Communications

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 437-442

  Xie, Fang Qing ^a   Obermair, Christian ^a   Schimmel, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. Atomic scale point contacts; A. Nanostructures; B. Electrochemical growth; B. Nanofabrication; D. Quantized conductance

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING; SWITCHING; TRANSISTORS;

ATOMIC SCALE POINT CONTACTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTIZED CONDUCTANCE;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

EID: 6344253141     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.08.024     Document Type: Article

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