Regular atomic narrowing of Ni, Fe, and V nanowires resolved by two-dimensional correlation analysis |
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Authors: | Halbritter A Makk P Mackowiak Sz Csonka Sz Wawrzyniak M Martinek J |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. |
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Abstract: | We present a novel statistical method for the study of stable atomic configurations in breaking nanowires based on the 2D cross-correlation analysis of conductance versus electrode separation traces. Applying this method, we can clearly resolve the typical evolutions of the conductance staircase in some transition metal nanojunctions (Ni, Fe, V) up to high conductance values. In these metals our analysis demonstrates a very well ordered atomic narrowing of the nanowire, indicating a very regular, stepwise decrease of the number of atoms in the minimal cross section of the junction, in contrast to the majority of the metals. All these features are hidden in traditional conductance histograms. |
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