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Statistical analysis of the breaking processes of Ni nanowires
Authors:García-Mochales P  Paredes R  Peláez S  Serena P A
Affiliation:Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, c/ Francisco Tomás y Valiente 7, Campus de Cantoblanco, E-28049-Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:We have performed a massive statistical analysis on the breaking behaviour of Ni nanowires using molecular dynamic simulations. Three stretching directions, five initial nanowire sizes and two temperatures have been studied. We have constructed minimum cross-section histograms and analysed for the first time the role played by monomers and dimers. The shape of such histograms and the absolute number of monomers and dimers strongly depend on the stretching direction and the initial size of the nanowire. In particular, the statistical behaviour of the breakage final stages of narrow nanowires strongly differs from the behaviour obtained for large nanowires. We have analysed the structure around monomers and dimers. Their most probable local configurations differ from those usually appearing in static electron transport calculations. Their non-local environments show disordered regions along the nanowire if the stretching direction is 100] or 110]. Additionally, we have found that, at room temperature, 100] and 110] stretching directions favour the appearance of non-crystalline staggered pentagonal structures. These pentagonal Ni nanowires are reported in this work for the first time. This set of results suggests that experimental Ni conducting histograms could show a strong dependence on the orientation and temperature.
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