Selected Nanophysics Experiments

Force and Conductance of Gold Nanocontacts

1. G. Rubio, N. Agrait, and S. Vieira,
   Atomic-Sized Metallic Contacts: Mechanical Properties and Electronic Transport
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2302 (1996).
2. A. Stalder and U. Durig,
   Study of yielding mechanics in nanometer-sized Au contacts
   Appl. Phys. Lett. 68, 637 (1996).
3. C. Untiedt, G. Rubio, S. Vieira, and N. Agrait,
   Fabrication and characterization of metallic nanowires
   Phys. Rev. B 56, 2154 (1997).

Structure of Gold Nanowires

1. Yukihito Kondo and Kunio Takayanagi,
   Gold nanobridge stabilized by surface structure
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3455 (1997).
2. Hideaki Ohnishi, Yukihito Kondo, and Kunio Takayanagi,
   Quantized conductance through individual rows of suspended gold atoms
   Nature 395, 780 (1998).
3. E. Medina, M. Díaz, N. León, C. Guerrero, A. Hasmy, P. A. Serena, and J. L. Costa-Krämer,
   Ionic Shell and Subshell Structures in Aluminum and Gold Nanocontacts
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 026802 (2003).

Quantum Transport in Metal Nanocontacts

1. J. L. Costa-Kramer, N. Garcia-Mochales, P. A. Serena, M. I. Marques, and A. Correia,
   Conductance quantization in nanowires formed between micro and macroscopic metallic electrodes
   Phys. Rev. B 55, 5416 (1997).
2. H. E. van den Brom and J. M. van Ruitenbeek,
   Quantum Suppression of Shot Noise in Atom-Size Metallic Contacts
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1526 (1999).

Shell Effects in Alkali Metal Nanocontacts

1. A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson, and J. M. van Ruitenbeek,
   Observation of shell structure in sodium nanowires
   Nature 400, 144 (1999).
2. A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson, and J. M. van Ruitenbeek,
   Supershell Structure in Alkali Metal Nanowires
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5832 (2000).
3. A. I. Yanson, I. K. Yanson, and J. M. van Ruitenbeek,
   Crossover from Electronic to Atomic Shell Structure in Alkali Metal Nanowires
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 216805 (2001).