Electronic properties of ultra-thin aluminum nanowires

被引:44
作者
Di Tolla, F [1 ]
Dal Corso, A
Torres, JA
Tosatti, E
机构
[1] SISSA, Int Sch Adv Studies, I-34014 Trieste, Italy
[2] INFM, Unita Trieste, Trieste, Italy
[3] ICTP, Abdus Salam Int Ctr Theoret Phys, Trieste, Italy
关键词
ab initio quantum chemical methods and calculations; aluminum;
D O I
10.1016/S0039-6028(00)00282-X
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have carried out first-principles electronic structure and total energy calculations for a series of ultrathin aluminum nanowires, based on structures obtained by relaxing the model wires of Gulseren et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 37751. The number of conducting channels is followed as the wires radius is increased. The results suggest that pentagonal wires should be detectable, as the only ones who can yield a channel number between 8 and 10. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:947 / 951
页数:5
相关论文
共 35 条
[31]   MICROSCOPIC INTERACTION BETWEEN A GOLD TIP AND A PB(110) SURFACE [J].
TOMAGNINI, O ;
ERCOLESSI, F ;
TOSATTI, E .
SURFACE SCIENCE, 1993, 287 :1041-1045
[32]  
TOMAGNINI O, UNPUB
[33]   THEORY OF CONDUCTION THROUGH NARROW CONSTRICTIONS IN A 3-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON-GAS [J].
TORRES, JA ;
PASCUAL, JI ;
SAENZ, JJ .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1994, 49 (23) :16581-16584
[34]   Energetics, forces, and quantized conductance in jellium-modeled metallic nanowires [J].
Yannouleas, C ;
Bogachek, EN ;
Landman, U .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1998, 57 (08) :4872-4882
[35]   Spontaneous magnetization of simple metal nanowires [J].
Zabala, N ;
Puska, MJ ;
Nieminen, RM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1998, 80 (15) :3336-3339