2007/07/09 by I. K. Yanson, O. I. Shklyarevskii, O. I. Shklyarevskiǐ +2 · 20 citations
Engineering · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design #Aluminium #Atom (system on chip) #Atomic physics #Composite material #Condensed matter physics #Conductance #Conductance quantum #Engineering #Equidistant #Geometry #Histogram #Materials science #Mathematics #Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures #Nanotechnology #Nanowire #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Quantum point contact #Quantum well #Quantum wire #Surface and Thin Film Phenomena #Work (physics) #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevb.77.033411
published in Physical Review B 77(3) (American Physical Society) · 4 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 2007/07/09 · openalex publication_date 2008/01/22 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · arxiv updated 2017/12/11 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Conductance histograms of work-hardened Al show a series up to 11 equidistant peaks with a period of 1.15\ifmmode±\else\textpm\fi0.02 of the quantum conductance unit G0=2e2∕h. Assuming that the peaks originate from atomic discreteness, this agrees with the value of 1.16 G0 per atom obtained in numerical calculations by Hasmy et al. [Phys. Rev. B 72, 245405 (2005)].