Breakdown of a gold nanowire between electrodes

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 42, 2007, Pages

  Ke, Liqin ^a   Kotani, Takao ^a   Van Schilfgaarde, Mark ^a   Bennett, P A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY BARRIERS; GOLD; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOWIRES; PHONONS;

LOCAL-DENSITY APPROXIMATION (LDA); SOFT PHONON MODES; WIRE BREAKAGE;

ELECTRODES;

GOLD; NANOWIRE;

ATOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34748852442     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/42/424002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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