Cohesion, Conductance, and Charging Effects in a Metallic Nanocontact

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dc.creatorStafford, C. A.
dc.creatorKassubek, F.
dc.creatorBürki, J.
dc.creatorGrabert, H.
dc.creatorBaeriswyl, D.
dc.date2002-10-24
dc.date2006-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:34:44Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:34:44Z
dc.descriptionThe conducting and thermodynamic properties of ballistic metallic nanocontacts with smooth shapes are investigated. All properties are related to the electronic scattering matrix, which is evaluated in the WKB approximation for independent electrons and in the self-consistent Hartree approximation for interacting electrons. Mesoscopic oscillations of order 1nN in the cohesive force and of order e in the contact charge are predicted when a metallic nanocontact is pulled apart, which are synchronized with quantized jumps in the conductance.
dc.description5 pages, 1 figure; corrected spelling of one author name on abstract page (paper is unchanged)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0210533
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0210533
dc.identifier"Quantum Physics at Mesoscopic Scale," D. C. Glattli, M. Sanquer and J. Tran Thanh Van eds. (EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France, 2000), pp. 49-53
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/99615
dc.subjectMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
dc.titleCohesion, Conductance, and Charging Effects in a Metallic Nanocontact
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