CONDUCTANCE STEPS AND QUANTIZATION IN ATOMIC-SIZE CONTACTS

被引：386

作者：

AGRAIT, N

RODRIGO, JG

VIEIRA, S

机构：

[1] Laboratorio de Bajas Temperatures, Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, C-III Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 47卷 / 18期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.47.12345

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The conductance of metallic contacts of atomic size has been studied using a scanning tunneling microscope at low temperature. As the contact area is changed by pressing the tip into the sample, a series of reproducible features and jumps in the conductance at integer multiples of 2e2/h is observed. The jumps are interpreted as atomic rearrangements, while the underlying conductance structure strongly suggests quantum-size effects.

引用

页码：12345 / 12348

页数：4

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