Clustering and conductance in breakage of sodium nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Zugarramurdi, A ^a,b   Borisov, A G ^c   Zabala, N ^a,b,d   Chulkov, E V ^a,b,d   Puska, M J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 79551641631     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.035402     Document Type: Article

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