Atomic wires and their electronic properties
Atomic wires and their electronic properties
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原子线及其电子特性
DOI:
10.1116/1.589386
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Toshishige Yamada
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作者:
Toshishige Yamada
Atomic wire electronics are considered, where the band structure and the resultant Fermi energy are designed by manipulating the lattice constant. Using the tight-binding theory with universal parameters, it is shown that Si wires and arrays are metallic, Mg wires are insulating, and Mg arrays have metallic and insulating phases for infinitely large, isolated cases. Structures are of finite size, and electrodes are necessary for the applications. The finite size brings about discrete electron energy levels, and electrodes will charge or discharge the structure, reflecting the work function difference, so that even the basic electronic properties may be altered. The electrodes will cause further complications such as the energy level broadening, the Coulomb interaction through an effective capacitance, or the mode-selection resistance. When the contact satisfies certain conditions, a metallic wire is predicted to show two distinct I–V patterns for small voltages. Depending on whether the highest occupied l...