3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2000
Nanowire Gold Chains: Formation Mechanisms and Conductance
H. Hakkinen, R. N. Barnett, A. G. Scherbakov +1
Structural transformations, electronic spectra and ballistic transport in pulled gold nanowires are investigated with ab initio simulations, and correlated with recent measurements…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci1999
Gold nanowires and their chemical modifications
Hannu Hakkinen, Robert N. Barnett, Uzi Landman
Equilibrium structure, local densities of states, and electronic transport in a gold nanowire made of a four-atom chain supported by two gold electrodes, which has been imaged rece…
physics.atm-clus1999
Dissociation, fragmentation and fission of simple metal clusters
Constantine Yannouleas, Uzi Landman, Robert N. Barnett
This pedagogical review presents the Shell Correction Method (SCM) and variants thereof, appropriate for describing shape deformations and electronic shell effects, energetics and…