Conductance Quantization in the Melt-Spun Cubic RCu5 (R = Gd, Ho, Lu) Nanowires |
| M. Szorcz a, B. Susła b, M. Wawrzyniak c, S. Lipiński a, and B. Idzikowski a
a Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Smoluchowskiego 17, 60-179 Poznań, Poland b Institute of Physics, Poznań University of Technology, Nieszawska 13a, 60-965 Poznań, Poland c Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Poznań University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznań, Poland |
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| Conductance quantization of heterocontacts between tungsten (W) tip and cubic RCu5 (R = Gd, Ho, Lu) binary compounds prepared by melt-spinning was observed in nanowires produced dynamically using piezoelectric actuator. The conductance stepwise behaviour of the nanowires was directly observed with a storage oscilloscope. Quantum units of the nanowires conductance measured in their paramagnetic states are presented and discussed in terms of the Landauer formalism. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.115.165 PACS numbers: 73.23.Ad, 73.21.Hb, 73.63.Rt |