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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

Published 2004-10-12Version 1

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.

Journal: Solid State Comm. 131, 609 (2004)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssc.2004.05.038

Categories: cond-mat.mes-hall

Keywords: electronic shell effects, alkali nanowires, experimental conductance histograms, na nanowires, free-electron model

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