Ab-initio study of the structural and electronic properties of very thin silver nanowires

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-640

  Agrawal, B K ^a   Agrawal, S ^a   Singh, Sanjai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Ag Nanowire; Binding Energy; Charge Density; Density of States; Electronic Structures; Metal Nanowire; Nanowire; Silver Nanowire; Structures

Indexed keywords

AG NANOWIRES; CHARGE DENSITY; DENSITY OF STATES; METAL NANOWIRES; NANOWIRES; SILVER NANOWIRES;

BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILVER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

NANOTUBE; SILVER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SILVER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 27744563508     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.053     Document Type: Article

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