Properties of nanowires in air - Controlled values of conductance

Citation
J. Abellan et al., Properties of nanowires in air - Controlled values of conductance, SURF SCI, 418(3), 1998, pp. 493-501
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
SURFACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00396028 → ACNP
Volume
418
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
493 - 501
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(199812)418:3<493:PONIA->2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
In this work we present experimental results concerning stable nanowires wi th prearranged values of conductance at ambient conditions. The experiments have been performed using a scanning tunneling microscope (STM)-like devic e. Reproducible I-V curves have been obtained for nanowires with arbitrary, integer and non-integer, initial values of conductance. A non-linear behav ior of the I-V curves is observed, similar to that reported in the literatu re for nanocontacts in ultra-high vacuum. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. Al l rights reserved.