Size induced metal-insulator transition in nanostructured niobium thin films: Intra-granular and inter-granular contributions

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4553-4566

  Bose, Sangita ^a   Banerjee, Rajarshi ^b   Genc, Arda ^c   Raychaudhuri, Pratap ^a   Fraser, Hamish L ^c   Ayyub, Pushan ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NIOBIUM; SCATTERING; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOUNDARY SCATTERING; ENERGY BARRIERS; INTER-GRANULAR CONTRIBUTIONS; SYSTEMATIC CROSSOVER;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 33646353405     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/19/010     Document Type: Article

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