The crossover from two dimensions to one dimension in granular electronic materials

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 368-372

  Xu, Ke ^a   Qin, Lidong ^a   Heath, James R ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; GRANULAR SOLIDS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS; SEQUENTIAL TUNNELLING; TWO-DIMENSION; VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING;

NANOPARTICLES;

NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 67651121769     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.81     Document Type: Article

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