Onset of energy dissipation in ballistic atomic wires

Electronic transport at finite voltages in free-standing gold atomic chains of up to seven atoms in length is studied at low temperatures using a scanning tunneling microscope. The conductance vs voltage curves show that transport in these single-mode ballistic atomic wires is nondissipative up to a finite voltage threshold of the order of several mV. The onset of dissipation and resistance within the wire corresponds to the excitation of the atomic vibrations by the electrons traversing the wire and is very sensitive to strain.

Ballistic spin-valves with Ni nanocontacts

Poster presented in TNT 2005 "Trends in Nanotechnology", Oviedo, Spain, 29 August-02 September, 2005.

Days of challenge, years of change : a technical history of the Pacific Missile Test Center.

Includes index.

An interpretative history of the Pacific Missile Test Center : the genesis: road to Point Mugu 1936-1946 /

Includes appendixes.

CIA documents on the Cuban missile crisis, 1962 /

"October 1992."

Feasibility study of ballistic cutting of vehicle structures. Final report.

National Highway Safety Bureau, Washington, D.C.

Status of the Trident submarine and missile programs, Department of the Navy : report to the Congress /

Publication date stamped on cover.

Rocket science and missile engineering.

Mode of access: Internet.

Fundamentals of [aircraft and missile] structures /

"Contract no. AF 33(608)-642."

Analysis of missile trajectory measurement accuracy for data processing

"Contract no. AF 30(602)-2138, Project 5554, Task 55102."

A treatise upon some of the general principles of the law : whether of a legal, or of an equitable nature : including their relations and application to actions and defenses in general : whether in courts of common law, or courts of equity : and equally adapted to courts governed by codes /

Mode of access: Internet.

Missile and aircraft procurement management.

Mode of access: Internet.