Cuevas Rodríguez, Juan Carlos, Levy Yeyati, Alfredo, Martín Rodero, Álvaro, Rubio Bollinger, Gabino, Untiedt, Carlos, Agraït de la Puente, Nicolás
Evolution of conducting channels in metallic atomic contacts under elastic deformation
CUEVAS, J.C., et al. “Evolution of conducting channels in metallic atomic contacts under elastic deformation”. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 81, No. 14 (5 Oct. 1998). ISSN 0031-9007, pp. 2990-2993
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/25188
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.2990
ISSN: 0031-9007 (Print)
Abstract: 
We investigate both experimentally and theoretically the evolution of conductance in metallic one-atom contacts under elastic deformation. While simple metals like Au exhibit almost constant conductance plateaus, Al and Pb show inclined plateaus with positive and negative slopes. It is shown how these behaviors can be understood in terms of the orbital structure of the atoms forming the contact. This analysis provides further insight into the issue of conductance quantization in metallic contacts revealing important aspects of their atomic and electronic structures.
Keywords:Metallic atomic contacts, Conductance, Elastic deformation
American Physical Society
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