Non-ohmic transport behavior in ultra-thin gold films

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 176, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 840-845

  Alkhatib, A ^a   Souier, T ^a   Chiesa, M ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Conductive AFM; Direct tunneling; Electrical conductivity; Electrical transport; Field emission; Ultra thin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; SHEET METAL;

AU FILM; CONDUCTIVE AFM; DIRECT TUNNELING; ELECTRICAL BEHAVIORS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT; NON-OHMIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRA-THIN FILM;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 79957733699     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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