Relation between the chemical force and the tunnelling current in atomic point contacts: A simple model

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Jelínek, Pavel ^a   Ondráček, Martin ^a   Flores, Fernando ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALE; CHEMICAL FORCES; ELECTRONIC LEVELS; INTERACTION ENERGIES; INTERACTION PROCESS; SCALING REGIMES; THEORETICAL MODELS; TIP-SAMPLE DISTANCE; TUNNELLING CURRENT; TWO PARAMETER;

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; PHYSICS;

IODINE;

EID: 84857204162     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/8/084001     Document Type: Article

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