2 papers
cond-mat.mes-hall1999
Comment on "Density Functional Simulation of a Breaking Nanowire"
C. A. Stafford, J. Burki, D. Baeriswyl
In a recent Letter, Nakamura et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1538 (1999)] described first principles calculations for a breaking Na nanocontact. Their system consists of a periodic on…
cond-mat.mes-hall1999
Cohesion and conductance of disordered metallic point contacts
J. Burki, C. A. Stafford, X. Zotos +1
The cohesion and conductance of a point contact in a two-dimensional metallic nanowire are investigated in an independent-electron model with hard-wall boundary conditions. All pro…