Enhanced conductivity of tunnel junctions employing semimetallic nanoparticles through variation in growth temperature and deposition

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Nair, Hari P ^a   Crook, Adam M ^a   Bank, Seth R ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED CONDUCTIVITY; GAAS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXIAL GROWTH; NANOPARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLE SURFACE; SEMIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFIC RESISTANCES;

GROWTH TEMPERATURE; NANOPARTICLES;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

EID: 77953593979     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3442909     Document Type: Article

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