Evolution of conducting channels in metallic atomic contacts under elastic deformation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2990-2993

  Cuevas, J C ^a   Levy Yeyati, A ^a,b   Martin Rodero A ^a   Rubio Bollinger, G ^a,b   Untiedt, C ^a   Agrait N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION;

CONDUCTING CHANNELS; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; FREE ELECTRON APPROXIMATION; METALLIC ATOMIC CONTACTS; TIGHT BINDING MODEL HAMILTONIAN;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032487214     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2990     Document Type: Article

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