Cotunneling transport in ultra-narrow gold nanowire bundles

Nano Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 644-651

  Loubat, Anaïs ^a,b,d   Escoffier, Walter ^a   Lacroix, Lise Marie ^b,d   Viau, Guillaume ^b,d   Tan, Reasmey ^b,d   Carrey, Julian ^b,d   Warot Fonrose, Bénédicte ^c   Raquet, Bertrand ^a  

^a GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^b INSA   (France)

^c Institut National des Sciences Appliquées   (France)

^d CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

1D nano objects; Coulomb blockade; electronic transport; nanowires; ultra narrow gold; variable cotunneling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883776636     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-013-0340-8     Document Type: Article

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