Hexagon versus trimer formation in in nanowires on Si(111): Energetics and quantum conductance

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Stekolnikov, A A ^a   Seino, K ^a   Bechstedt, F ^a   Wippermann, S ^b   Schmidt, W G ^b   Calzolari, A ^c   Nardelli, M Buongiorno ^d,e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; INDIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOWIRES; TRIMER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33846355701     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.026105     Document Type: Article

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