Virginia TechLang, N. D.Di Ventra, M.2014-05-072014-05-072003-10Lang, N. D.; Di Ventra, M., "Comment on "First-principles treatments of electron transport properties for nanoscale junctions"," Phys. Rev. B 68, 157301 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.1573011098-0121http://hdl.handle.net/10919/47815The use of a jellium model for the electrodes gives a good account of the conductance of a gold nanowire linking two metallic electrodes. The statement to the contrary in the recent paper of Fujimoto and Hirose [Phys. Rev. B 67, 195315 (2003)] is based on an incorrect positioning of the edge of the jellium relative to the outermost lattice plane of the electrode it represents.en-USIn Copyrightphysics, condensed matterEditorial materialhttp://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.157301https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.157301