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Metallic properties of magnesium point contacts
R. H. M. Smit, A. I. Mares, M. Haefner +3
We present an experimental and theoretical study of the conductance and stability of Mg atomic-sized contacts. Using Mechanically Controllable Break Junctions (MCBJ), we have obser…
Mechanical properties of Pt monatomic chains
T. Shiota, A. I. Mares, A. M. C. Valkering +2
The mechanical properties of platinum monatomic chains were investigated by simultaneous measurement of an effective stiffness and the conductance using our newly developed mechani…
Electronic and atomic shell structure in aluminum nanowires
A. I. Mares, D. F. Urban, J. Bürki +3
We report experiments on aluminum nanowires in ultra-high vacuum at room temperature that reveal a periodic spectrum of exceptionally stable structures. Two "magic" series of stabl…
Formation of Atomic-Sized Contacts by Electrochemical Methods
M. R. Calvo, A. I. Mares, V. Climent +2
Electrochemical methods have recently become an interesting tool for fabricating and characterizing nanostructures at room temperature. Simplicity, low cost and reversibility are s…
Observation of shell effects in nanowires for the noble metals copper, silver and gold
A. I. Mares, J. M. van Ruitenbeek
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, sil…
Observation of electronic and atomic shell effects in gold nanowires
A. I. Mares, A. F. Otte, L. G. Soukiassian +2
The formation of gold nanowires in vacuum at room temperature reveals a periodic spectrum of exceptionally stable diameters. This is identified as shell structure similar to that w…