Using remarkably simple experimental techniques it is possible to gently break a metallic
contact and thus form conducting nanowires. During the last stages of the pulling a neck …

Transport of electrons in a single molecule junction is the simplest problem in the general
subject area of molecular electronics. In the past few years, this area has been extended to …

Application of the field-effect transistor principle to novel materials to achieve electrostatic
do** is a relatively new research area. It may provide the opportunity to bring about …

The transmission of conductance modes in atom-size gold contacts is investigated by
simultaneously measuring conductance and shot noise. The results give unambiguous …

The possibility of fabricating electronic devices with functional building blocks of atomic size
is a major driving force of nanotechnology. The key elements in electronic circuits are …

We report first-principles calculations of local heating in nanoscale junctions formed by a
single molecule and a gold point contact. Due to the lower current density and larger heat …

Abstract For the metals Au, Pt and Ir it is possible to form freely suspended monatomic
chains between bulk electrodes. The atomic chains sustain very large current densities, but …

In this review we consider those processes in condensed matter that involve the irreversible
flow of energy between electrons and nuclei that follows from a system being taken out of …

We present a self-consistent tight-binding formalism to calculate the forces on individual
atoms due to the flow of electrical current in atomic-scale conductors. Simultaneously with …

A method for correlated quantum electron–ion dynamics is combined with a method for
electronic open boundaries to simulate in real time the heating, and eventual equilibration at …