Statistical evidence of strain induced breaking of metallic point contacts

Monzer Alwan, Nadine Candoni, Philippe Dumas and Hubert Klein ()

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2013, vol. 86, issue 6, 1-5

Abstract: A scanning tunneling microscopy in break junction regime and a mechanically controllable break junction are used to acquire thousands of conductance-elongation curves by stretching until breaking and re-connecting Au junctions. From a robust statistical analysis performed on large sets of experiments, parameters such as lifetime, elongation and occurrence probabilities are extracted. The analysis of results obtained for different stretching speeds of the electrodes indicates that the breaking mechanism of di- and mono-atomic junction is identical, and that the junctions undergo atomic rearrangement during their stretching and at the moment of breaking. Copyright EDP Sciences, SIF, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

Keywords: Mesoscopic and Nanoscale Systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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