Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals copper, silver and gold
arXiv:cond-mat/0506728 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.72.205402
Abstract
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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