Inelastic tunneling current-driven motions of single adsorbates

Current-Driven Phenomena in Nanoelectronics

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 26-89

  Ueba, H ^a   Tikhodeev, S G ^b   Persson, B N J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4032/9789814241519     Document Type: Chapter

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