Electrochemical control of stability and restructuring dynamics in Au-Ag-Au and Au-Cu-Au bimetallic atom-scale junctions

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2946-2954

  Shi, Ping ^a   Bohn, Paul W ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Atom scale junction; Conductance quantization; Electrochemical nanofabrication; Nanocontact; Nanowire

Indexed keywords

ATOM-SCALE JUNCTIONS; CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL NANOFABRICATION; NANO CONTACTS; NANOCONTACT;

BALLISTICS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; ELECTROLYTES; GAS ADSORPTION; NANOWIRES; SILVER ALLOYS;

ATOMS;

COPPER; ELECTROLYTE; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; TEMPERATURE;

COPPER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; GOLD; METALS, HEAVY; SILVER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952920947     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1003716     Document Type: Article

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