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最小方形截面金属纳米管的观察

Observation of the Smallest Metal Nanotube with Square-cross-section

Maureen Lagos, Fernando Sato, Jeferson Bettini, Varlei Rodrigues, Douglas S. Galvao, Daniel Ugarte

摘要:

了解纳米系统的机械性能需要一系列的测量技术和理论方法来收集相关的物理和化学信息。纳米结构和宏观物质中原子的排列可能不同,主要是由于表面能的作用,但是原子和电子结构之间的相互作用与施加的机械应力也可能导致令人惊讶的差异。例如,通过拉伸金属结,已经产生了亚稳态结构,如原子的悬挂链和螺旋线。在这里,我们报告的自发形成的最小的可能的金属纳米管的正方形截面在银纳米接触的伸长。从头计算和分子模拟表明,空心线的形式,因为这种配置允许的表面能被最小化,也产生了一个软的结构,能够吸收巨大的拉伸变形。

英文摘要:

Understanding the mechanical properties of nanoscale systems requires a range of measurement techniques and theoretical approaches to gather the relevant physical and chemical information. The arrangements of atoms in nanostructures and macroscopic matter can be different, principally due to the role of surface energy, but the interplay between atomic and electronic structure in association with applied mechanical stress can also lead to surprising differences. For example, metastable structures such as suspended chains of atoms and helical wires have been produced by the stretching of metal junctions. Here we report the spontaneous formation of the smallest possible metal nanotube with a square cross-section during the elongation of silver nanocontacts. Ab initio calculations and molecular simulations indicate that the hollow wire forms because this configuration allows the surface energy to be minimized, and also generates a soft structure capable of absorbing a huge tensile deformation.

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