Electronic properties of supracrystals of Au nanocrystals: Influence of thickness and nanocrystallinity

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 25, Issue 33, 2013, Pages

  Yang, P ^a,c   Arfaoui, I ^a   Cren, T ^b   Goubet, N ^a   Pileni, M P ^a  

^a UMR 8233 CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM UP APPROACH; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANOCRYSTALLINITY; PLANAR CONFIGURATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE PHASE; POWER-LAW DEPENDENCES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY/SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURES (BUILT OBJECTS);

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84881193152     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/33/335302     Document Type: Article

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