Carbon nanotube-clamped metal atomic chain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 9055-9059

  Tang, Dai Ming ^a   Yin, Li Chang ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Yu, Wan Jing ^a   Hou, Peng Xiang ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Lee, Young Hee ^b   Ma, Xiu Liang ^a   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrode; Half metallicity; In situ microscope; Nanoconnector; Quantized conductance

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; METAL ATOMIC CHAIN; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLAMP; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON BEAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; METALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON;

EID: 77952726643     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914970107     Document Type: Article

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