Electron propagation along Cu nanowires supported on a Cu(III) surface

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2712-2717

  Díaz Tendero, Sergio ^a,b   Fölsch, Stefan ^c   Olsson, Fredrik E ^d   Borisov, Andrey G ^a,b   Gauyacq, Jean Pierre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moléculaires   (France)

^c PAUL DRUDE INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERELEKTRONIK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE;

CU NANOWIRES; ELECTRON FLUXES; ELECTRON PROPAGATION; ENERGY DISPERSIONS; EXCITED ELECTRONIC STATE; EXCITED ELECTRONS; MEAN DISTANCES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; SHORT DISTANCES; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 61549116229     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl801045b     Document Type: Article

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