Electronic shell effects and the stability of alkali nanowires

D. F. Urban; J. Bürki; A. I. Yanson; I. K. Yanson; C. A. Stafford; J. M. Van Ruitenbeek; Hermann Grabert

doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.038

Electronic shell effects and the stability of alkali nanowires

D. F. Urban, J. Bürki, A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson, C. A. Stafford, J. M. Van Ruitenbeek, Hermann Grabert

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Abstract

Experimental conductance histograms for Na nanowires are analyzed in detail and compared to recent theoretical results on the stability of cylindrical and elliptical nanowires, using the free-electron model. We find a one-to-one correspondence between the peaks in the histograms and the most stable nanowire geometries, indicating that several of the commonly observed nanowires have elliptical cross sections.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	609-614
Number of pages	6
Journal	Solid State Communications
Volume	131
Issue number	9-10 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.038
State	Published - Sep 2004

Keywords

A. Metals
A. Nanostructures
D. Electronic transport

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General Chemistry
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

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