Interplay of Rayleigh and Peierls Instabilities in Metallic Nanowires

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2003-07-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307279v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 256803 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.256803

A quantum-mechanical stability analysis of metallic nanowires within the free-electron model is presented. The stability is determined by an interplay of electron-shell effects, the Rayleigh instability due to surface tension, and the Peierls instability. Although the latter effect limits the maximum length also for wires with "magic radii", it is found that nanowires in the micrometer range can be stable at room temperature.

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