Puzzling stability of monatomic gold wires

Surface Science

Volumn 426, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Torres, J A ^a   Tosatti, E ^a,b,c   Dal Corso, A ^b,c   Ercolessi, F ^b,c   Kohanoff, J J ^a   Di Tolla, F D ^b,c   Soler, J M ^d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MONATOMIC GOLD WIRES; THERMODYNAMIC TIP SUCTION DRIVING MIGRATION; THINNING;

GOLD;

EID: 0032648724     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6028(99)00333-7     Document Type: Article

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