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. 2018 Jan 17;9(1):8. doi: 10.3390/jfb9010008

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Single-molecule break-junction techniques (SMBJs). (a) Scanning tunneling microscope break-junction (STM-BJ) technique; (b) Conductive probe atomic force microscope break-junction (CPAFM-BJ) technique; (c) CPAFM-BJ involving nanoparticle capped DNA molecule. Reprinted with permission from ref. [51]. Copyright (2005) National Academy of Sciences, USA; (d) Mechanically controlled break-junction (MCBJ) technique; (e) SWCNT-molecule-SWCNT molecular junction. Reprinted with permission from ref. [13]. Copyright (2008) from Nature publishing group.