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Electronic Transport in Gadolinium Atomic-Size Contacts
B. Olivera, C. Salgado, J. L. Lado +6
We report on the fabrication, transport measurements, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations of atomic size contacts made out of gadolinium (Gd). Gd is known to have loca…
Local electroexfoliation of graphene with a STM tip
C. Rubio-Verdú, G. Sáenz-Arce, J. Martínez-Asencio +5
Graphite surfaces can be manipulated by several methods to create graphene structures of different shapes and sizes. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can be used to create these…
Modeling contact formation between atomic-sized gold tips via molecular dynamics
W. Dednam, C. Sabater, M. A. Fernandez +3
The formation and rupture of atomic-sized contacts is modelled by means of molecular dynamics simulations. Such nano-contacts are realized in scanning tunnelling microscope and mec…
Mechanical annealing of metallic electrodes at the atomic scale
C. Sabater, C. Untiedt, J. J. Palacios +1
The process of creating an atomically defined and robust metallic tip is described and quantified using measurements of contact conductance between gold electrodes and numerical si…
The molecular signature of highly conductive metal-molecule-metal junctions
O. Tal, M. Kiguchi, W. H. A. Thijssen +4
The simplicity of single-molecule junctions based on direct bonding of a small molecule between two metallic electrodes make them an ideal system for the study of fundamental quest…
Measurement of the conductance of a hydrogen molecule
R. H. M. Smit, Y. Noat, C. Untiedt +3
Recent years have shown steady progress in research towards molecular electronics [1,2], where molecules have been investigated as switches [3-5], diodes [6], and electronic mixers…