Fabrication and characterization of metallic nanowires

被引:82
作者
Untiedt, C
Rubio, G
Vieira, S
Agrait, N
机构
[1] Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales “Nicolás Cabrera”, Laboratorio de Bajas Temperaturas, Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, C-III, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1997年 / 56卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.56.2154
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The shape of metallic constrictions of nanoscopic dimensions (necks) formed using a scanning tunneling microscope is shown to depend on the fabrication procedure. Submitting the neck to repeated plastic deformation cycles makes it possible to obtain long necks or nanowires. Point-contact spectroscopy results show that these long necks are quite crystalline, indicating thar the repeated cycles of plastic deformation act as a ''mechanical annealing'' of the neck.
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页码:2154 / 2160
页数:7
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