Field enhancement in subnanometer metallic gaps

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Garcia Martin A ^a   Ward, D R ^b   Natelson, D ^b,c   Cuevas, J C ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 79961114434     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.193404     Document Type: Article

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