Contacting Atoms (IMAGE)

Universidad del País Vasco

Contacting Atoms

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This is an artistic view of an electric connection between a carbon-based 'football' molecule and a single metallic atom (gray ball). The researchers were able to quantify how the current depends on the chemical nature of the contacting atom.

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UPV/EHU

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