Temperature and quantum effects in the stability of pure and doped gold nanowires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Hobi, Edwin ^a   Fazzio, A ^a,b   Da Silva, Antônio J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GOLD; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

GOLD NANOWIRES; QUANTUM EFFECTS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38949174021     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.056104     Document Type: Article

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