Regular atomic narrowing of Ni, Fe and V nanowires resolved by 2D correlation analysis

Details Regular atomic narrowing of Ni, Fe and V nanowires resolved by 2D correlation analysis Regular atomic narrowing of Ni, Fe and V nanowires resolved by 2D correlation analysis

2010-06-09

arxiv.org/abs/1006.1811v2

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 266805 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.266805

We present a novel statistical method for the study of stable atomic configurations in breaking nanowires based on the 2D cross-correlation analysis of conductance versus electrode separation traces. Applying this method, we can clearly resolve the typical evolutions of the conductance staircase in some transition metal nanojunctions (Ni, Fe, V) up to high conductance values. In these metals our analysis demonstrates a very well ordered atomic narrowing of the nanowire, indicating a very regular, stepwise decrease of the number of atoms in the minimal cross section of the junction, in contrast to the majority of the metals. All these features are hidden in traditional conductance histograms.

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