Abstract
The electrical resistance of wires consisting of either a single xenon atom or two xenon atoms in series was measured and calculated on the basis of an atom-jellium model. Both the measurement and the calculation yielded a resistance of 10 5 ohms for the single-xenon atom system and 10 7 ohms for the two-xenon atom system. These resistances greatly exceeded the 12,900-ohm resistance of an ideal one-dimensional conduction channel because conduction through the xenon atoms occurs through the tail of the xenon 6 s resonance, which lies far above the Fermi level. This conduction process in an atom-sized system can now be understood in terms of the electronic states of individual atoms.
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Created | 18 years, 9 months ago (Oct. 27, 2006, 2:30 p.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Jan. 12, 2024, 10:03 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year ago (Aug. 10, 2024, 7:51 a.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 1 month ago (June 28, 1996) |
Published | 29 years, 1 month ago (June 28, 1996) |
Published Print | 29 years, 1 month ago (June 28, 1996) |
@article{Yazdani_1996, title={Off-Resonance Conduction Through Atomic Wires}, volume={272}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.272.5270.1921}, DOI={10.1126/science.272.5270.1921}, number={5270}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Yazdani, Ali and Eigler, D. M. and Lang, N. D.}, year={1996}, month=jun, pages={1921–1924} }