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Gold Quantum Point Contact
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By quantamania
06/26/2009 - 23:38:42

Type: House building
Rating: 0.04 (Not rated)
Tags: afm, atoms, chemical, chemistry, contact, educational, electrode, gaprop, gold, junction, model, molecule, nano world, nanotechnology, pyramid, quantamania, spheres, tip

Description

When gold is stretched in forming a break junction, it takes on a triangular pyramid shape. This is the typical configuration of gold atoms in many real molecular junctions. It limits electron flow towards the tip. Tips like this also find use in AFM.

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Comments

By atsixAM
 

I am so thankful you made this adventure. Finally, one for the physicists! No points of contestion, I even learned a thing or two :)

By Mattyboy94
 

I got stuck in this in adventure XD

By MrEric23
 

Quantum computing would make this comment get to you the second i press this enter button

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