Tuning the electron transport at single donors in zinc oxide with a scanning tunnelling microscope

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Hao ^a   Weismann, Alexander ^a   Berndt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY; OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; IONIZATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIBRATION;

EID: 84891755697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3992     Document Type: Article

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