Dynamics of nanowire shape evolution

• Main Author: Soon, Casey Min Liang.
• Other Authors: Wu Mao See
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Nanotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16115
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

When a macroscopic metallic wire is subject to a perturbation, it will neck down to its most stable shape. Different nanowires with radii comparable to the Fermi Wavelength display remarkably different behavior. We model the nanowire into 2 shapes for analysis, namely the typical cylinder and the “s...