Breakdown of atomic-sized metallic contacts measured on nanosecond scale

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 927-933

  Guo, Shaoyin ^a   Hihath, Joshua ^a   Tao, Nongjian ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomic size contact; conductance quantization; electron transport; molecular junctions; Quantum point contact; RF STM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC-SIZE CONTACTS; CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; QUANTUM POINT CONTACT; RF STM;

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POINT CONTACTS;

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

METALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 79952613216     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1026748     Document Type: Article

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