Electric conductance of metal nanowires at mechanically controllable break junctions under electrochemical potential control
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Contacting individual molecules using mechanically controllable break junctions
Among the experimental techniques employed in contacting individual molecules Mechanically Controllable Break Junctions are being frequently used. Some of the advantages are (1) straight-forward preparation of clean surfaces for anchoring the molecule; (2) the possibility to produce many different single-molecule junctions in one experiment, allowing obtaining statistical averages; (3) adapting...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Surface Science
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0039-6028
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2007.04.218