First-principles study of the structural and electronic properties of ultrathin silver nanowires Liang-Cai Ma, Ling Ma, Xue-Ling Lin, You-Zhen Yang and Jian-Min Zhang Eur. Phys. J. B, 88 12 (2015) 343 Published online: 21 December 2015 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2015-60756-2