Temperature effects on the atomic arrangement and conductance of atomic-size gold nanowires generated by mechanical stretching

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Lagos, M J ^a,b   Sato, F ^a,c   Autreto, P A S ^a   Galvao, D S ^a   Rodrigues, V ^a   Ugarte, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ARRANGEMENT; ATOMIC RESOLUTION; AU NANOWIRES; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GOLD NANOWIRE; MECHANICAL ELONGATION; MECHANICAL STRETCHING; MECHANICALLY CONTROLLABLE BREAK JUNCTIONS; NANOCONTACTS; QUANTUM CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TIME-RESOLVED;

ATOMS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRIC WIRE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOWIRES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 78650114530     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/48/485702     Document Type: Article

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