Molecular dynamics simulations of breaking metallic nanowires

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-291

  Guerrero, C ^a   Villarroel, J R ^a   Medina, E ^a   Hasmy, A ^a   Serena, P A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conductance histograms; Embedded atom method (EAM); Metallic nanocontacts; Metallic nanowires; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CONDUCTANCE HISTOGRAMS; EMBEDDED-ATOM-METHOD (EAM); METALLIC NANOCONTACTS; METALLIC NANOWIRES;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 4043112017     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2004.004910     Document Type: Conference Paper

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