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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
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.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254501
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantum necking in stressed metallic nanowires.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article