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Bürki J, Goldstein RE, Stafford CA. Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires. Phys Rev Lett. 2003;91(25):254501doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501.
Bürki, J., Goldstein, R. E., & Stafford, C. A. (2003). Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires. Physical review letters, 91(25), 254501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501
Bürki, J, et al. "Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires." Physical review letters vol. 91,25 (2003): 254501. doi: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501
Bürki J, Goldstein RE, Stafford CA. Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires. Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Dec 19;91(25):254501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501. Epub 2003 Dec 19. PMID: 14754119.
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Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Dec 19;91(25):254501. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501. Epub 2003 Dec 19.

Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires.

Physical review letters

J Bürki, Raymond E Goldstein, C A Stafford

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.

PMID: 14754119 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.254501

Abstract

When a macroscopic metallic wire is subject to tensile stress, it necks down smoothly as it elongates. We show that nanowires with radii comparable to the Fermi wavelength display remarkably different behavior. Using concepts from fluid dynamics, a partial differential equation for nanowire shape evolution is derived from a semiclassical energy functional that includes electron-shell effects. A rich dynamics involving movement and interaction of kinks connecting locally stable radii is found, and a new class of universal equilibrium shapes is predicted.

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