Fabrication of carbon nanotube nanogap electrodes by helium ion sputtering for molecular contacts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Thiele, Cornelius ^a   Vieker, Henning ^b   Beyer, André ^b   Flavel, Benjamin S ^a   Hennrich, Frank ^a   Muñoz Torres, David ^c   Eaton, Thomas R ^c   Mayor, Marcel ^a,c   Kappes, Manfred M ^a,b   Löhneysen, Hilbert V ^a   Krupke, Ralph ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTRODES; MOLECULES; POLYETHYLENES;

DEVICE GEOMETRIES; HELIUM ION BEAMS; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; METALLIC CARBON NANOTUBES; MOLECULAR CONTACTS; NANOGAP ELECTRODES; ORGANIC MOLECULES; SMALL ORGANIC MOLECULES;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84896297672     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4868097     Document Type: Article

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