SURFACE SCATTERING EFFECT ON QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN THIN WIRES

By following the theory of quantum transport and rough surface scattering developed by Tešanović et al., we present here a microscopic calculation of electronic conductivity in metallic thin wires. The rising of conductivity with the increase of the radius of a wire has a more complicated oscillatory structure than that found in thin films. The scattering on the rough surface in wires can lead both to the violation of Mattheissen's rule and to the localization of electronic states.