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Role of heating and current-induced forces in the stability of atomic wires

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dc.contributorVirginia Techen
dc.contributor.authorYang, Z.en
dc.contributor.authorChshiev, Mairbeken
dc.contributor.authorZwolak, Michaelen
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y. C.en
dc.contributor.authorDi Ventra, Massimilianoen
dc.contributor.departmentPhysicsen
dc.date.accessed2014-04-23en
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-07T15:37:05Zen
dc.date.available2014-05-07T15:37:05Zen
dc.date.issued2005-01en
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the role of local heating and forces on ions in the stability of current-carrying aluminum wires. For a given bias, we find that heating increases with wire length due to a redshift of the frequency spectrum. Nevertheless, the local temperature of the wire is relatively low for a wide range of biases provided good thermal contact exists between the wire and the bulk electrodes. On the contrary, current-induced forces increase substantially as a function of bias and reach bond-breaking values at about 1 V. These results suggest that local heating promotes low-bias instabilities if dissipation into the bulk electrodes is not efficient, while current-induced forces are mainly responsible for the wire breakup at large biases. We compare these results to experimental observations.en
dc.format.extent4 p.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationYang, Z., Chshiev, M., Zwolak, M., Chen, Y. C., & Di Ventra, M. (2005). Role of heating and current-induced forces in the stability of atomic wires. Physical Review B, 71(4), 041402.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.041402en
dc.identifier.issn1098-0121en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/47883en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNanoscale conductorsen
dc.subjectTight-bindingen
dc.subjectContactsen
dc.subjectNanocontactsen
dc.subjectDependenceen
dc.subjectResistanceen
dc.subjectTransporten
dc.subjectPhysics, condensed matteren
dc.titleRole of heating and current-induced forces in the stability of atomic wiresen
dc.title.serialPhysical Review Ben
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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