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Metallic Nanowires on the Atomic Scale: Correlation Between Structure, Electronic Properties, and Electronic Transport

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One-dimensional (1D) properties with strong electron correlation and various instabilities have been found recently in metallic chains or ribbons generated by metal adsorption of sub-monolayers on insulating substrates like Si(111) or Si(557). The unavoidable coupling to 2D and 3D for all these cases results in a wealth of new phenomena. Here we concentrate on the Pb/Si(557) system, where these couplings in 2D and 3D become very obvious, and discuss structural self-stabilization as the origin of 1D electronic transport. Finally, a new 1D state generated by step decoration is described and its properties are discussed.

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Acknowledgments

It is a pleasure to acknowledge the very fruitful and continuing collaboration with my coworkers, in particular with C. Tegenkamp, M. Czubanowski, M. Gauch, and D. Lükermann. This work was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Pfnür, H. (2011). Metallic Nanowires on the Atomic Scale: Correlation Between Structure, Electronic Properties, and Electronic Transport. In: Michailov, M. (eds) Nanophenomena at Surfaces. Springer Series in Surface Sciences, vol 47. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16510-8_9

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