Indication of unusual pentagonal structures in atomic-size Cu namwires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Gonzalez J C ^a   Rodrigues, V ^a   Bettini, J ^a   Rego, L G C ^b   Rocha, A R ^c   Coura, P Z ^d   Dantas, S O ^d   Sato, F ^e   Galvao D S ^e   Ugarte, D ^a,e  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; QUANTUM THEORY; WIRE;

ATOMIC-SIZE COPPER NANOWIRES; ATOMISTIC EVOLUTION; TIME-RESOLVED ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 20844434793     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.126103     Document Type: Article

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