In-vacuum projection of nanoparticles for on-chip tunneling spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1487-1494

  Yu, Qian ^a   Cui, Limin ^a   Lequeux, Nicolas ^a   Zimmers, Alexandra ^a   Ulysse, Christian ^a   Rebuttini, Valentina ^b,c   Pinna, Nicola ^b,c   Aubin, Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; nanogap; nanoparticle; quantum confinement; tunneling spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHIP CIRCUITS; CURRENT PATHS; ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED SWITCHING; FUNCTION OF TIME; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; IN-VACUUM; INSULATOR TO METAL; NANO-GAP; ON CHIPS; PERCOLATION PROBLEMS; SINGLE NANOPARTICLE; TUNNEL CURRENTS; TUNNELING CURRENT; TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY;

COULOMB BLOCKADE; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; VACUUM;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84874446185     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305264g     Document Type: Article

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