Modeling contact formation between atomic-sized gold tips via molecular dynamics

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 574, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dednam, W ^a,b   Sabater, C ^a,d   Fernandez, M A ^a   Untiedt, C ^a   Palacios, J J ^c   Caturla, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRODES; GOLD; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

ATOMIC CONFIGURATION; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; FACE-CENTRED CUBIC; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NANO-SIZED ELECTRODES;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84921683274     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/574/1/012045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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