{
  "id": "cond-mat/0006237",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2000-06-14T18:40:41.000Z",
  "updated": "2000-10-30T21:47:52.000Z",
  "title": "Quantum Suppression of the Rayleigh Instability in Nanowires",
  "authors": [
    "F. Kassubek",
    "C. A. Stafford",
    "Hermann Grabert",
    "Raymond E. Goldstein"
  ],
  "comment": "10 pages, 5 eps figures, updated and expanded, accepted for publication in \"Nonlinearity\"",
  "journal": "Nonlinearity 14 (2001) 167-177",
  "doi": "10.1088/0951-7715/14/1/310",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "nlin.CD",
    "physics.flu-dyn"
  ],
  "abstract": "A linear stability analysis of metallic nanowires is performed in the free-electron model using quantum chaos techniques. It is found that the classical instability of a long wire under surface tension can be completely suppressed by electronic shell effects, leading to stable cylindrical configurations whose electrical conductance is a magic number 1, 3, 5, 6,... times the quantum of conductance. Our results are quantitatively consistent with recent experiments with alkali metal nanowires.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2000-10-30T21:47:52.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum suppression",
      "rayleigh instability",
      "alkali metal nanowires",
      "linear stability analysis",
      "electronic shell effects"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 10,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}