Formation and properties of metallic atomic contacts

AL Klavsyuk, AM Saletsky - Physics-Uspekhi, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the most topical and promising areas in present-day physics is the study of the
physical properties of metallic few-atom contacts, which are attractive not only for their …

Size-Dependent Phase Transition in Ultrathin Ga2O3 Nanowires

J Wang, X Guan, H Zheng, L Zhao, R Jiang, P Zhao… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Gallium oxide (Ga2O3) has attracted extensive attention as a potential candidate for low-
dimensional metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) due to its wide …

Surface-and strain-mediated reversible phase transformation in quantum-confined ZnO nanowires

P Zhao, X Guan, H Zheng, S Jia, L Li, H Liu, L Zhao… - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
The phase stability of ZnO in a quantum-confinement size regime (sub-2-nm) remains
fiercely debated. Applying in situ (scanning) transmission electron microscopy, we present …

Effect of impurities on the mechanical and electronic properties of Au, Ag, and Cu monatomic chain nanowires

D Çakır, O Gülseren - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2011 - APS
In this study, we have investigated the interaction of various different atomic and molecular
species (H, C, O, H 2, and O 2) with the monatomic chains of Au, Ag, and Cu via total-energy …

Role of defective icosahedra in undercooled copper

M Celino, V Rosato, A Di Cicco, A Trapananti… - Physical Review B …, 2007 - APS
We elucidate the role played by defective icosahedra on the stability of undercooled copper
by using molecular-dynamics simulations. Our approach is substantiated by the level of …

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

MJ Lagos, F Sato, PAS Autreto, DS Galvao… - …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We have studied the changes induced by thermal effects in the structural and transport
response of Au nanowires generated by mechanical elongation. We have used time …

Molecular dynamics simulation of the formation of Cu–Pt nanocontacts in the mechanically controlled break junction experiments

SA Dokukin, SV Kolesnikov, AM Saletsky - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The formation of the Cu–Pt nanocontacts has been investigated by means of classical
molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations of the mechanically controlled break …

On the formation of suspended noble-metal monatomic chains

A Hasmy, L Rincón, R Hernández, V Mujica… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
We present a tight-binding molecular-dynamics investigation of the geometrical and the
electronic structure of suspended monatomic noble-metal chains. We show that linear …

Formation of single Cu atomic chain in nitrogen atmosphere

S Kaneko, Y Nakamura, J Zhang, X Yang… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We study the conductance and geometry of the Cu atomic junction in the presence of N2,
through combination of experimental measurement and theoretical calculation. A …

Molecular dynamics simulation of the formation of metal nanocontacts

AL Klavsyuk, SV Kolesnikov, EM Smelova… - Physics of the Solid …, 2011 - Springer
The process of the formation of nanocontacts has been studied by the molecular dynamics
methods for a group of metals (Cu, Rh, Pd, Ag, Pt, Au). It has been shown that the disruption …