| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Rodrigues‚ V.
;
Fuhrer‚ T.
;
Ugarte‚ D.
Total Authors: 3
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Physical Review Letters; v. 85, n. 19, p. 4124-4127, 2000. |
| Abstract | |
We have used high resolution transmission electron microscopy to determine the structure of gold nanowires generated by mechanical stretching. Just before rupture, the contacts adopt only three possible atomic configurations, whose occurrence probabilities and quantized conductance were subsequently estimated. These predictions have shown a remarkable agreement with conductance measurements from a break junction operating in ultrahigh vacuum, corroborating the derived correlation between nanowire atomic structure and conductance behavior. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 96/12546-0 - Conductance quantization in metallic nanostructures |
| Grantee: | Daniel Mario Ugarte |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |