Smallest electrical wire based on extended metal-atom chains

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3641-3644

  Tsai, Te Wei ^a   Huang, Qian Rui ^a   Peng, Shie Ming ^a   Jin, Bih Yaw ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE METALS; INSULATING LAYERS; KIRCHHOFF; NANOSCALED; QUANTUM CIRCUIT;

FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

WIRE;

EID: 77749292783     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp907893q     Document Type: Article

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