{
  "id": "cond-mat/0005157",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2000-05-09T16:13:12.000Z",
  "updated": "2000-05-09T16:13:12.000Z",
  "title": "Observation of Supershell Structure in Alkali Metal Nanowires",
  "authors": [
    "A. I. Yanson",
    "I. K. Yanson",
    "J. M. van Ruitenbeek"
  ],
  "comment": "Phys. Rev. Lett., in print",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 5832-5835",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5832",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "Nanowires are formed by indenting and subsequently retracting two pieces of sodium metal. Their cross-section gradually reduces upon retraction and the diameters can be obtained from the conductance. In previous work we have demonstrated that when one constructs a histogram of diameters from large numbers of indentation-retraction cycles, such histograms show a periodic pattern of stable nanowire diameters due to shell structure in the conductance modes. Here, we report the observation of a modulation of this periodic pattern, in agreement with predictions of a supershell structure.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2000-05-09T16:13:12.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "alkali metal nanowires",
      "supershell structure",
      "observation",
      "sodium metal",
      "cross-section gradually reduces"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett."
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}