Metal nanowires: Quantum transport, cohesion, and stability

C. A. Stafford

doi:10.1002/1521-3951(200204)230:2<481::AID-PSSB481>3.0.CO;2-M

Metal nanowires: Quantum transport, cohesion, and stability

C. A. Stafford

Physics

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Metal nanowires exhibit a number of interesting properties: their electrical conductance is quantized, their shot-noise is suppressed by the Pauli principle, and they are remarkably strong and stable. We show that many of these properties can be understood quantitatively using a nanoscale generalization of the free-electron model. Possible technological applications of nanowires are also discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	481-489
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research
Volume	230
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/1521-3951(200204)230:2<481::AID-PSSB481>3.0.CO;2-M
State	Published - 2002

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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