Supershell structure in alkali metal nanowires

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 5832-5835

  Yanson, A I ^a   Yanson, I K ^a,b   van Ruitenbeek, J M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b B VERKIN INSTITUTE FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METALS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FERMI LEVEL; FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

ALKALI METAL NANOWIRES; INDENTATION RETRACTION CYCLES; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTION;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 4244162635     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5832     Document Type: Article

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