Electronic shell effects and the stability of alkali nanowires

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

doi:10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.038

arXiv 2004-10-12 DOI 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.038 1 views

Electronic shell effects and the stability of alkali nanowires

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

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

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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.

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