2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/25051Experimental conductance histograms for Na nanowires are analyzed in detail and compared to recent theoretical results on the stability of cylindrical and elliptical nanowires, using the free-electron model. We find a one-to-one correspondence between the peaks in the histograms and the most stable nanowire geometries, indicating that several of the commonly observed nanowires have elliptical cross sections.Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physicstext