Keyword

break junction

Description: A nanoscale electronic device formed by separating conductive electrodes with a narrow gap, used to study transport through molecules and other junctions.

Primary topic: Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (57%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q4411675

OpenAlex ID: keywords/break-junction

Hydrogen Sensors and Switches from Electrodeposited Palladium Mesowire Arrays

2001 · Frédéric Favier, Erich C. Walter, et al. · Science · 1,385

The signature of conductance quantization in metallic point contacts

1995 · J. M. Krans, J. M. van Ruitenbeek, et al. · Nature · 589

Signature of Atomic Structure in the Quantum Conductance of Gold Nanowires

2000 · Varlei Rodrigues, Tobias Fuhrer, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 423

Towards single molecule switches

2015 · Jia Lin Zhang, Jian Qiang Zhong, et al. · Chemical Society Reviews · 386

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Charge transport through molecular switches

2010 · Sense Jan van der Molen, Peter Liljeroth · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter · 366

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Experimental observation of the transition from weak link to tunnel junction

1992 · C.J. Muller, J.M. van Ruitenbeek, et al. · Physica C Superconductivity · 362

Single-molecule quantum-transport phenomena in break junctions

2019 · Pascal Gehring, Jos M. Thijssen, et al. · Nature Reviews Physics · 357

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Graphene-Based Atomic-Scale Switches

2008 · Brian Standley, Wenzhong Bao, et al. · Nano Letters · 345

Advances and challenges in single-molecule electron transport

2020 · Ferdinand Evers, Richard Korytár, et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics · 343

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Electron Transport through Single Molecules: Scattering Treatment Using Density Functional and Green Function Theories

2000 · Pedro A. Derosa, Jorge M. Seminario · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 340

Adjustable nanofabricated atomic size contacts

1996 · J. M. van Ruitenbeek, A. Alvarez, et al. · Review of Scientific Instruments · 311

Introducing Molecular Electronics

2005 · Springer eBooks · 302

Strong Dependence of the Superconducting Gap on Oxygen Doping from Tunneling Measurements on Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8−δ

1998 · N. Miyakawa, P. Guptasarma, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 296

Simultaneous Determination of Conductance and Thermopower of Single Molecule Junctions

2011 · Jonathan R. Widawsky, Pierre Darancet, et al. · Nano Letters · 290

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In situ formation of highly conducting covalent Au–C contacts for single-molecule junctions

2011 · Z.-L. Cheng, R. Skouta, et al. · Nature Nanotechnology · 286

Electron tunneling experiments using Nb-Sn ‘‘break’’ junctions

1985 · John Moreland, J. W. Ekin · Journal of Applied Physics · 277

Break junction under electrochemical gating: testbed for single-molecule electronics

2015 · Cancan Huang, Alexander V. Rudnev, et al. · Chemical Society Reviews · 253

Single-Molecule Junctions Based on Nitrile-Terminated Biphenyls: A Promising New Anchoring Group

2010 · Artem Mishchenko, Linda A. Zotti, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 246

Palladium Mesowire Arrays for Fast Hydrogen Sensors and Hydrogen-Actuated Switches

2002 · E. C. Walter, F. Favier, et al. · Analytical Chemistry · 238

Stereoelectronic switching in single-molecule junctions

2015 · Timothy A. Su, Haixing Li, et al. · Nature Chemistry · 224

Meccano on the Nanoscale—A Blueprint for Making Some of the World's Tiniest Machines

2004 · Amar H. Flood, Robert J. A. Ramirez, et al. · Australian Journal of Chemistry · 222

Predominantly Superconducting Origin of Large Energy Gaps in Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ from Tunneling Spectroscopy

1999 · N. Miyakawa, J. F. Zasadzinski, et al. · Physical Review Letters · 211

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Highly Conducting π-Conjugated Molecular Junctions Covalently Bonded to Gold Electrodes

2011 · Wenbo Chen, Jonathan R. Widawsky, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 204

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Measurement and Statistical Analysis of Single-Molecule Current–Voltage Characteristics, Transition Voltage Spectroscopy, and Tunneling Barrier Height

2011 · Shaoyin Guo, Joshua Hihath, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 203

Large negative differential conductance in single-molecule break junctions

2014 · Mickael L. Perrin, Riccardo Frisenda, et al. · Nature Nanotechnology · 200

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Citation count: 21,260