Role of temperature in the formation and growth of gold monoatomic chains: A molecular dynamics study

The effect of temperature on the formation and growth of monoatomic chains is investigated by extensive molecular dynamics simulations using a semiempirical potential based on the second-moment approximation to the tight-binding Hamiltonian. Gold nanowires, with an aspect ratio of ∼13 and a cross se...

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Main Authors: Cortes-Huerto, R., Sondon, T., Saul, Alberto Andres
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Physical Society 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88959