Carbon nanotubes, in which the two-dimensional hexagonal lattice of graphene is
transformed into a quasi-one-dimensional lattice by conserving the local bond arrangement …

Nanowires, point contacts and metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes are one-dimensional
nanostructures which display important size-dependent quantum effects. Quantization due …

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and its Application presents a unified view of the rapidly
growing field of STM, and its many derivatives. A thorough discussion of the various …

This paper presents a detailed analysis of atomic structure and force variations in metal
nanowires under tensile strain. Our work is based on state of the art molecular dynamics …

In the present work, the nanoindentation of aluminum thin film on silicon substrate is
investigated by three-dimensional molecular dynamic (MD) simulation. The film/substrate …

The resistance of an atomic Na wire between two macroscopic metallic electrodes is found
to decrease by a factor of 2 going from the 1-to the 2-atom wire, and then to stay roughly the …

We present first-principles calculations of electron transport, in particular, the conduction
channels of monatomic Al and Na atom wires bridged between metallic jellium electrodes …

We present a formalism for an atomic scale study of phononic heat transfer. The expression
of thermal energy current can be cast in the Landauer form and incorporates the …

One of the most topical and promising areas in present-day physics is the study of the
physical properties of metallic few-atom contacts, which are attractive not only for their …

First-principles density-functional calculations reveal that aluminum can form planar chains
in zigzag and ladder structures. The most stable one has equilateral triangular geometry …