Role of heating and current-induced forces in the stability of atomic wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Yang, Z ^a   Chshiev, M ^b   Zwolak, M ^c   Chen, Y C ^d   Di Ventra, M ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC WIRE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; FORCE; HEATING; MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 15744365007     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.041402     Document Type: Article

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