Electronic instabilities and structural fluctuations in self-assembled atom wires

One-dimensional (1D) solid state systems can behave drastically different from their higher dimensional counterparts. Increased interactions can produce electronic and/or structural instabilities. In this respect, the following fundamental questions are important for a proper understanding of the properties of the ultimate 1D systems consisting...

Photolithographic patterning of the charge-density-wave conductor Rb 0.30 MoO 3