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A nanoscale transistor based on gate-induced stochastic transitions
J. Bürki, C. A. Stafford, D. L. Stein
A nanoscale device consisting of a metal nanowire, a dielectric, and a gate is proposed. A combination of quantum and thermal stochastic effects enable the device to have multiple…
The Nanoscale Free-Electron Model
D. F. Urban, J. Bürki, C. A. Stafford +1
A brief review of the nanoscale free-electron model of metal nanowires is presented. This continuum description of metal nanostructures allows for a unified treatment of cohesive a…
The importance of intra-molecular electron spin relaxation in small molecular semiconductors
L. Schulz, M. Willis, L. Nuccio +14
Electron spin relaxation rate (eSR) is investigated on several organic semiconductors of different morphologies and molecular structures, using avoided level crossing muon spectros…
Determining the Energy Barrier for Decay out of Superdeformed Bands
B. R. Barrett, J. Bürki, D. M. Cardamone +2
An asymptotically exact quantum mechanical calculation of the matrix elements for tunneling through an asymmetric barrier is combined with the two-state statistical model for decay…
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…
Stability and Symmetry Breaking in Metal Nanowires
D. F. Urban, J. Bürki, C. A. Stafford +1
A general linear stability analysis of simple metal nanowires is presented using a continuum approach which correctly accounts for material-specific surface properties and electron…