Interplay of Conductance, Force, and Structural Change in Metallic Point Contacts

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-252753
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.25275

Ternes, Markus ; González, César ; Lutz, Christopher P. ; Hapala, Prokop ; Giessibl, Franz J. ; Jelinek, Pavel ; Heinrich, Andreas J.

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Abstract

The coupling between two atomically sharp nanocontacts provides tunable access to a fundamental underlying interaction: the formation of the bond between two atoms as they are brought into contact. Here we report a detailed experimental and theoretical analysis of the relation between the chemical force and the tunneling current during bond formation in atom-scale metallic junctions and their ...