Stable single atomic silver wires assembling into a circuitry-connectable nanoarray

Yaxin Chen, Daiming Tang, Zhiwei Huang, Xi Liu, Jun Chen, Takashi Sekiguchi, Weiye Qu, Junxiao Chen, Dongrun Xu, Yoshio Bando, Xiaolei Hu, Xiaoping Wang, Dmitri Golberg and Xingfu Tang ()
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Yaxin Chen: Fudan University
Daiming Tang: National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba
Zhiwei Huang: Fudan University
Xi Liu: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun Chen: National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba
Takashi Sekiguchi: National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba
Weiye Qu: Fudan University
Junxiao Chen: Fudan University
Dongrun Xu: Fudan University
Yoshio Bando: National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba
Xiaolei Hu: Fudan University
Xiaoping Wang: Syncat@Beijing, SynfuelsChina Co. Ltd
Dmitri Golberg: National Institute for Materials Science, Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba
Xingfu Tang: Fudan University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Atomic metal wires have great promise for practical applications in devices due to their unique electronic properties. Unfortunately, such atomic wires are extremely unstable. Here we fabricate stable atomic silver wires (ASWs) with appreciably unoccupied states inside the parallel tunnels of α-MnO2 nanorods. These unoccupied Ag 4d orbitals strengthen the Ag–Ag bonds, greatly enhancing the stability of ASWs while the presence of delocalized 5s electrons makes the ASWs conducting. These stable ASWs form a coherently oriented three-dimensional wire array of over 10 nm in width and up to 1 μm in length allowing us to connect it to nano-electrodes. Current-voltage characteristics of ASWs show a temperature-dependent insulator-to-metal transition, suggesting that the atomic wires could be used as thermal electrical devices.

Date: 2021
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