From favorable atomic configurations to supershell structures: a new interpretation of conductance histograms

Abstract

Title: From favorable atomic configurations to supershell structures: a new interpretation of conductance histograms Authors: A. Hasmy (IVIC), E. Medina (IVIC), P.A. Serena (CSIC,IVIC) Comments: 7 pages, 3 figures, cond-mat.anwar.10825 Subj-class: Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 3 figuresSubject: fput HMS.tex HMS-FIG1.ps HMS-FIG2.ps HMS-FIG3.ps

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