A nanoelectromechanical single-atom switch

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2940-2945

  Martin, Christian A ^a,b   Smit, Roel H M ^a,b   Van Der Zant, Herre S J ^a,b   Van Ruitenbeek, Jan M ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK JUNCTIONS; CONTINUUM MODEL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODE TIP; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; GATE VOLTAGES; NANO-ELECTROMECHANICAL; NANO-SCALE GEOMETRIES; SOURCE-DRAIN; TUNNELING ,; TUNNELING REGIME;

ATOMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WIND TUNNELS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 68949113815     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl901355y     Document Type: Article

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