We studied the behavior of tungsten wires, fabricated by focused-ion-beam-induced deposition and subjected to high current density. We present a simple electrical treatment, which allows an improved wire resistivity of more than 80%. We have distinguished two steps in the treatment. When the current density reaches 1.4 x 10(7) A/cm(2), Ga atoms segregate and form droplets on the wire. As the current density increases, new droplets appear and merge into a single droplet. At 5.8 x 10(7) A/cm(2), the droplet evaporates, the resistance is lost and the wire crystallizes. The final resistivity is close to 55 mu Omega cm. The same treatment applied to as-deposited platinum wires does not lead to the same observations: neither segregation nor crystallization was found. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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