Origin of current-induced forces in an atomic gold wire: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Brandbyge, Mads ^a   Stokbro, Kurt ^a   Taylor, Jeremy ^a   Mozos, José Luis ^b   Ordejón, Pablo ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; DECOMPOSITION; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FLOW; FORCE;

EID: 0037489669     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.193104     Document Type: Article

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