Size-dependent Schottky barrier height in self-assembled gold nanoparticles (Articolo in rivista)

Type
Label
  • Size-dependent Schottky barrier height in self-assembled gold nanoparticles (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
Anno
  • 2006-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#doi
  • 10.1063/1.2405407 (literal)
Alternative label
  • Ruffino, F; Grimaldi, MG; Giannazzo, F; Roccaforte, F; Raineri, V (2006)
    Size-dependent Schottky barrier height in self-assembled gold nanoparticles
    in Applied physics letters
    (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#autori
  • Ruffino, F; Grimaldi, MG; Giannazzo, F; Roccaforte, F; Raineri, V (literal)
Pagina inizio
  • 243113 (literal)
Pagina fine
  • 243113 (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#numeroVolume
  • 89 (literal)
Rivista
Note
  • ISI Web of Science (WOS) (literal)
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#affiliazioni
  • Univ Catania, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, I-95123 Catania, Italy; CNR, INFM, MATIS, I-00185 Rome, Italy; CNR, IMM, I-95121 Catania, Italy (literal)
Titolo
  • Size-dependent Schottky barrier height in self-assembled gold nanoparticles (literal)
Abstract
  • (Au nanocluster)/6H-SiC Schottky contacts were electrically characterized by conductive atomic force microscopy, collecting a high number of current-voltage (I-V) curves. The main observed result is the Schottky barrier height (SBH) dependence on the cluster size. The SBH increases from 1.35 +/- 0.01 to 1.77 +/- 0.01 eV when the cluster size increases from 1.5 to 6.8 nm and it tends, asymptotically, to the theoretical SBH of the macroscopic contact Au/SiC (similar to 1.9 eV). This behavior is interpreted considering the thermoionic transport theory through the Au cluster/SiC barrier coupled with the concept of ballistic transport within few electron quantum dots. (literal)
Prodotto di
Autore CNR
Insieme di parole chiave

Incoming links:


Autore CNR di
Prodotto
Http://www.cnr.it/ontology/cnr/pubblicazioni.owl#rivistaDi
Insieme di parole chiave di
data.CNR.it