Resumo
Metallic nanowires have been object of intense theoretical and experimental works in the lastyears. In spite of the large number of studies for such systems some fundamental aspects remain open and polemical questions. In this work we report preliminary results for the study of the final steps of Au suspended atomic chains (LACs) with different number of atoms as a function of tem-perature. We have carried out classical molecular dynamics simulations using tight-binding models with a second moment approximations. Our results suggest a more complex phenomenon than previously anticipated. The dynamics of chain rupture seems to be determined beyond thermodynamics contributions and the bond breaking patterns were observed to be chain-length dependent.
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