Atomic-scale engineering of electrodes for single-molecule contacts

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-27

  Schull, Guillaume ^a   Frederiksen, Thomas ^b   Arnau, Andrés ^b,c,d   Sánchez Portal, Daniel ^b,c   Berndt, Richard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRODES;

ATOMIC SCALE CONTROL; ATOMIC SCALE ENGINEERING; CONDUCTING MATERIALS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; JUNCTION GEOMETRIES; MESOSCOPIC PHYSICS; SINGLE-MOLECULE JUNCTIONS; TRANSPORT OF CHARGE;

MOLECULES;

COPPER; NANOWIRE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 78650621419     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2010.215     Document Type: Article

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