Gold nanowires and their chemical modifications

dc.creatorHakkinen, Hannu
dc.creatorBarnett, Robert N.
dc.creatorLandman, Uzi
dc.date1999-09-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-25T23:51:41Z
dc.descriptionEquilibrium structure, local densities of states, and electronic transport in a gold nanowire made of a four-atom chain supported by two gold electrodes, which has been imaged recently by high-resolution electron microscopy, and chemical modification of the wire via the adsorption of a methylthiol molecule, are investigated with ab-initio local density functional simulations. In the bare wire at the imaged geometry the middle two atoms dimerize, and the structure is strongly modified by the adsorption of the molecule with an accompanying increase of the ballistic conductance through the wire.
dc.descriptionTo appear as Letter in Oct 21,1999, issue of J. Phys. Chem. B. (RevTex, 4 gif figures)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9909405
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9909405
dc.identifierJ. Phys. Chem. B Vol. 103, 8814 (1999)
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/102068
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleGold nanowires and their chemical modifications
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