Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1563456 | Computational Materials Science | 2008 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
The binding and electronic properties of monoatomic nanowires, dimers and bulk structures of Cu, Ag, Au and Ni, Pd, Pt have been studied by the projector augmented-wave method (PAW) within the density functional theory (DFT) using the local density approximation (LDA) as well as generalized gradient approximation (GGA) in both Perdew–Wang (PW91) and Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE) parameterizations. Our results show that the formation of atomic chains is not equally plausible for all the studied elements. In agreement with experimental observations Pt and Au stand out as most likely elements to form monoatomic wires. Changes in the electronic structure and magnetic properties of metal chains at stretching are analyzed.
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Authors
E.Yu. Zarechnaya, N.V. Skorodumova, S.I. Simak, B. Johansson, E.I. Isaev,