A current-driven single-atom memory

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 645-648

  Schirm, C ^a   Matt, M ^a   Pauly, F ^a   Cuevas, J C ^b   Nielaba, P ^a   Scheer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

ATOMIC-SCALE CONTACTS; CONDUCTANCE QUANTUM; ELECTRONIC SWITCHES; HYSTERETIC BEHAVIOUR; QUANTUM TRANSPORT; SWITCHING PROCESS; THREE-TERMINAL DEVICES; TWO-TERMINAL SWITCHES;

ATOMS;

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; DEVICES; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; MEMORY DEVICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84883740233     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.170     Document Type: Article

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