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Metal Nanowires: Quantum Transport, Cohesion, and Stability
Author(s) -
Stafford C.A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3951(200204)230:2<481::aid-pssb481>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - nanowire , pauli exclusion principle , nanoscopic scale , materials science , conductance , metal , chemical physics , quantum , nanotechnology , cohesion (chemistry) , condensed matter physics , quantum mechanics , physics , metallurgy
Metal nanowires exhibit a number of interesting properties: their electrical conductance is quantized, their shot‐noise is suppressed by the Pauli principle, and they are remarkably strong and stable. We show that many of these properties can be understood quantitatively using a nanoscale generalization of the free‐electron model. Possible technological applications of nanowires are also discussed.