Properties of one-dimensional molybdenum nanowires in a confined environment

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1487-1492

  Meunier, Vincent ^a   Muramatsu, Hiroyuki ^b   Hayashi, Takuya ^b   Kim, Yoong Ahm ^b   Shimamoto, Daisuke ^b   Terrones, Humberto ^c   Dresselhaus, Mildred S ^d,e   Terrones, Mauricio ^c   Endo, Morinobu ^b   Sumpter, B G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

^d USA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MECHANISMS; BODY-CENTERED CUBIC CRYSTALS; CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURES; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; LINEAR CHAINS; METALLIC NANOWIRES; NANOTUBE DIAMETERS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PER UNITS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL CALCULATIONS; RADIAL BREATHING MODES; SELF- ASSEMBLIES;

ELECTRIC WIRE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLYBDENUM; NANOWIRES; QUENCHING;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 65249144696     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl803438x     Document Type: Article

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