Negative differential resistance in scanning-tunneling spectroscopy of diamond films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1231-1233

  Ma, D D D ^a   Wang, Y G ^a   Lu, Li ^a,b   Lee, C S ^a   Lee, S T ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON-DOPED DIAMOND FILMS; FILM SURFACES; GRAPHITE PHASE; HIGH VACUUM; I - V CURVE; LOCALIZED ELECTRONS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCES; PEAK-TO-VALLEY RATIOS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; WIDE BAND GAP;

BORON; DIAMONDS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIAMOND FILMS;

EID: 79956047675     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1448168     Document Type: Article

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