Structure and conductance histogram of atomic-sized Au contacts

Dreher, Markus; Pauly, Fabian; Heurich, Jan; Cuevas, Juan Carlos; Scheer, Elke; Nielaba, Peter

Structure and conductance histogram of atomic-sized Au contacts

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2005

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Dreher, Markus

Heurich, Jan

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Physical Review B. 2005, 72(7), 075435. Available under: doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075435

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Many experiments have shown that the conductance histograms of metallic atomic-sized contacts exhibit a peak structure, which is characteristic of the corresponding material. The origin of these peaks still remains as an open problem. In order to shed some light on this issue, we present a theoretical analysis of the conductance histograms of Au atomic contacts.We have combined classical molecular dynamics simulations of the breaking of nanocontacts with conductance calculations based on a tight-binding model. This combination gives us access to crucial information such as contact geometries, forces, minimum cross section, total conductance, and transmission coefficients of the individual conduction channels. The ensemble of our results suggests that the
low-temperature Au conductance histograms are a consequence of a subtle interplay between mechanical and electrical properties of these nanocontacts. At variance with other suggestions in the literature, our results indicate that the peaks in the Au conductance histograms are not a simple consequence of conductance quantization or the existence of exceptionally stable radii. We show that the main peak in the histogram close to one quantum of conductance is due to the formation of single-atom contacts and chains of gold atoms. Moreover, we present a detailed comparison with experimental results on Au atomic contacts where the individual channel transmissions have been determined.

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DREHER, Markus, Fabian PAULY, Jan HEURICH, Juan Carlos CUEVAS, Elke SCHEER, Peter NIELABA, 2005. Structure and conductance histogram of atomic-sized Au contacts. In: Physical Review B. 2005, 72(7), 075435. Available under: doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075435

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@article{Dreher2005Struc-9233,
  year={2005},
  doi={10.1103/PhysRevB.72.075435},
  title={Structure and conductance histogram of atomic-sized Au contacts},
  number={7},
  volume={72},
  journal={Physical Review B},
  author={Dreher, Markus and Pauly, Fabian and Heurich, Jan and Cuevas, Juan Carlos and Scheer, Elke and Nielaba, Peter},
  note={Article Number: 075435}
}

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