Metallic, magnetic and molecular nanocontacts

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 499-508

  Requist, Ryan ^a,b   Baruselli, Pier Paolo ^a,c,d   Smogunov, Alexander ^e   Fabrizio, Michele ^a,d   Modesti, Silvio ^f,g   Tosatti, Erio ^a,d,h  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^h ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; NANOWIRES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CONDUCTANCE QUANTIZATION; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; MACROSCOPIC ELECTRODES; NANOSCALE PHENOMENON; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHANNELS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; DIODE; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANOCONTACT; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR;

EID: 84974684011     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.55     Document Type: Review

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