DOI: 10.1063/1.1644106. Zero-voltage conductance of short gold nanowires

Zero-voltage conductance of short gold nanowires

10.1063/1.1644106

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Abstract

Using the Landauer formula, the conductance of short gold wires is studied. The required electronic structure calculations are performed with a self-consistent tight-binding method. We consider gold wires of single-atom diameter with a variable number (N=1,…,5) of atoms. Depending on N, we find considerable conductance variations with one conductance quantum being the upper limit. The results are confirmed by means of Friedel’s sum rule. Tip-shaped clusters are used to provide the contact–wire interfaces and the relation between various tip structures and the conductance is discussed. Our predictions about the conductance variations agree qualitatively with new experimental results [R. H. M. Smit et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 076805-1 (2003)].

Bibliography

Zhuang, M., & Ernzerhof, M. (2004). Zero-voltage conductance of short gold nanowires. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 120(10), 4921â4926.

Authors 2

Min Zhuang (first)
Matthias Ernzerhof (additional)

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Deposited	1 year, 6 months ago (Feb. 11, 2024, 12:04 a.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 3 days ago (Aug. 5, 2025, 8:59 a.m.)
Issued	21 years, 5 months ago (March 8, 2004)
Published	21 years, 5 months ago (March 8, 2004)
Published Print	21 years, 5 months ago (March 8, 2004)

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@article{Zhuang_2004, title={Zero-voltage conductance of short gold nanowires}, volume={120}, ISSN={1089-7690}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1644106}, DOI={10.1063/1.1644106}, number={10}, journal={The Journal of Chemical Physics}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Zhuang, Min and Ernzerhof, Matthias}, year={2004}, month=mar, pages={4921–4926} }

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