# Noncrystalline Structures of Ultrathin Unsupported Nanowires

@article{Gulseren1998NoncrystallineSO,
title={Noncrystalline Structures of Ultrathin Unsupported Nanowires},
author={Oguz Gulseren and Furio Ercolessi and Erio Tosatti International Centre for Theoretical Physics and Trieste and Italy. and International School for Advanced Studies and Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and School of Cosmic Physics and University of Bath and Bath and United Kingdom.},
journal={Physical Review Letters},
year={1998},
volume={80},
pages={3775-3778}
}
• Published 9 March 1998
• Chemistry
• Physical Review Letters
Computer simulations suggest that ultrathin metal wires should develop exotic, non-crystalline stable atomic structures, once their diameter decreases below a critical size of the order of a few atomic spacings. The new structures, whose details depend upon the material and the wire thickness, may be dominated by icosahedral packings. Helical, spiral-structured wires with multi-atom pitches are also predicted. The phenomenon, analogous to the appearance of icosahedral and other non-crystalline…
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