Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes

M Law, J Goldberger, P Yang - Annu. Rev. Mater. Res., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Semiconductor nanowires and nanotubes exhibit novel electronic and optical
properties owing to their unique structural one-dimensionality and possible quantum …

Spin-polarised currents and magnetic domain walls

CH Marrows - Advances in Physics, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Electrical currents flowing in ferromagnetic materials are spin-polarised as a result of the
spin-dependent band structure. When the spatial direction of the polarisation changes, in a …

Ballistic conductance of magnetic Co and Ni nanowires with ultrasoft pseudopotentials

A Smogunov, A Dal Corso, E Tosatti - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2004 - APS
The scattering-based approach for calculating the ballistic conductance of open quantum
systems is generalized to deal with magnetic transition metals as described by ultrasoft …

Performance modulation of α-MnO2 nanowires by crystal facet engineering

W Li, X Cui, R Zeng, G Du, Z Sun, R Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Modulation of material physical and chemical properties through selective surface
engineering is currently one of the most active research fields, aimed at optimizing functional …

Mechanical properties of ZnO nanowires

AV Desai, MA Haque - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2007 - Elsevier
One-dimensional solids like nanowires and nanotubes are potential materials for future
nanoscale sensors and actuators. Due to their unique length scale, they exhibit superior …

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 …

Superior contact for single-molecule conductance: electronic coupling of thiolate and isothiocyanate on Pt, Pd, and Au

CH Ko, MJ Huang, MD Fu, C Chen - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
One of the critical issues for the realization of molecular electronics is the development of
ideal molecule− electrode contacts that render efficient charge transportation and thus …

Negative differential resistance in carbon atomic wire-carbon nanotube junctions

KH Khoo, JB Neaton, YW Son, ML Cohen… - Nano Letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
Negative differential resistance (NDR) was recently observed in carbon nanotube junctions
just before breaking and hypothesized to arise from the formation of monatomic carbon …

Oscillatory magnetic anisotropy in one-dimensional atomic wires

P Gambardella, A Dallmeyer, K Maiti, MC Malagoli… - Physical review …, 2004 - APS
One-dimensional Co atomic wires grown on Pt (997) have been investigated by x-ray
magnetic circular dichroism. Strong changes of the magnetic properties are observed as the …

Systematic ab initio study of the magnetic and electronic properties of all transition metal linear and zigzag nanowires

JC Tung, GY Guo - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and Materials …, 2007 - APS
The magnetic and electronic properties of both linear and zigzag atomic chains of all 3 d
transition metals have been calculated within density functional theory with the generalized …