This article reviews efforts to structurally characterize metallic nanocontacts. While the
electronic characterization of such junctions is relatively straight forward, usually it is …

Charge transport properties of metal–molecule interfaces depend strongly on the character
of molecule–electrode interactions. Although through-bond coupled systems have attracted …

We describe a new setup for simultaneous measurements of force and current in conductive
nanocontacts in a liquid environment with a high sampling rate and resolution. A lab-built …

We report measurements of the bias dependence of the Fano factor in ensembles of atomic-
scale Au junctions at 77 K. Previous measurements of shot noise at room temperature and …

This paper concerns an experimental and theoretical study of the transition between two
consecutive conductance plateaus as obtained in breaking gold contact experiments. The …

Previously, the authors reported direct evidence of channel saturation and conductance
quantization in atomic-sized gold constrictions through mechanical perturbation studies, and …

We present an original method to estimate the conductivity of a single molecule anchored to
nanometric-sized metallic electrodes, using a Mechanically Controlled Break Junction …

Atomic-undercoordination-induced local bond contraction, bond strength gain, and the
associated temperature (T)-dependent atomic-cohesive-energy and binding-energy-density …

Using silver and gold, we have measured the size‐dependence of the yield strength of
atomic‐sized samples as small as a single‐atom bridge, with pico‐level resolution in the …

Shot noise is a powerful tool to probe correlations and microscopic transport details that
conductance measurements alone cannot reveal. Even in atomic-scale Au devices that are …