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Paper Abstract
We introduce a continuum approach to studying the lifetimes of monovalent metal nanowires. By modelling the thermal fluctuations of cylindrical nanowires through the use of stochastic Ginzburg-Landau classical field theories, we construct a self-consistent approach to the fluctuation-induced "necking" of nanowires. Our theory provides
quantitative estimates of the lifetimes for alkali metal nanowires
in the conductance range 10 < G/G0 < 100 (where G0 = 2e/h is the conductance quantum), and allows us to account for qualitative differences in the
conductance histograms of alkali vs. noble metal nanowires.
Paper Details
Date Published: 25 May 2004
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 5471, Noise in Complex Systems and Stochastic Dynamics II, (25 May 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.546590
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5471:
Noise in Complex Systems and Stochastic Dynamics II
Zoltan Gingl, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 5471, Noise in Complex Systems and Stochastic Dynamics II, (25 May 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.546590
Show Author Affiliations
Jerome Buerki, Univ. of Arizona (United States)
Charles A. Stafford, Univ. of Arizona (United States)
Charles A. Stafford, Univ. of Arizona (United States)
Daniel L. Stein, Univ. of Arizona (United States)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5471:
Noise in Complex Systems and Stochastic Dynamics II
Zoltan Gingl, Editor(s)
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