Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals copper, silver and gold

Details Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals copper, silver and gold Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals copper, silver and gold

2005-06-28

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0506728v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

8 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.72.205402

We extend our previous shell effect observation in gold nanowires at room temperature under ultra high vacuum to the other two noble metals: silver and copper. Similar to gold, silver nanowires present two series of exceptionally stable diameters related to electronic and atomic shell filling. This observation is in concordance to what was previously found for alkali metal nanowires. Copper however presents only electronic shell filling. Remarkably we find that shell structure survives under ambient conditions for gold and silver.

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