10.1126/science.272.5270.1921
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Abstract

The electrical resistance of wires consisting of either a single xenon atom or two xenon atoms in series was measured and calculated on the basis of an atom-jellium model. Both the measurement and the calculation yielded a resistance of 10 5 ohms for the single-xenon atom system and 10 7 ohms for the two-xenon atom system. These resistances greatly exceeded the 12,900-ohm resistance of an ideal one-dimensional conduction channel because conduction through the xenon atoms occurs through the tail of the xenon 6 s resonance, which lies far above the Fermi level. This conduction process in an atom-sized system can now be understood in terms of the electronic states of individual atoms.

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Yazdani, A., Eigler, D. M., & Lang, N. D. (1996). Off-Resonance Conduction Through Atomic Wires. Science, 272(5270), 1921–1924.

Authors 3
  1. Ali Yazdani (first)
  2. D. M. Eigler (additional)
  3. N. D. Lang (additional)
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