Energetics, forces, and quantized conductance in jellium-modeled metallic nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4872-4882

  Yannouleas, Constantine ^a   Bogachek, Eduard N ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001338651     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.4872     Document Type: Article

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