Markovich, Gil and Leff, Daniel V. and Chung, Sung-Wook and Soyez, Hermes M. and Dunn, Bruce and Heath, James R. (1997) Parallel fabrication and single-electron charging of devices based on ordered, two-dimensional phases of organically functionalized metal nanocrystals. Applied Physics Letters, 70 (23). pp. 3107-3109. ISSN 0003-6951 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MARapl97
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Abstract
A parallel technique for fabricating single-electron, solid-state capacitance devices from ordered, two-dimensional closest-packed phases of organically functionalized metal nanocrystals is presented. The nanocrystal phases were prepared as Langmuir monolayers and subsequently transferred onto Al-electrode patterned glass substrates for device construction. Alternating current impedance measurements were carried out to probe the single-electron charging characteristics of the devices under both ambient and 77 K conditions. Evidence of a Coulomb blockade and step structure reminiscent of a Coulomb staircase is presented.
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| Additional Information: | ©1997 American Institute of Physics. Received 3 January 1997; accepted 9 April 1997. This work was supported by the Office of Naval Research, Order No. N00014-95-F0099 and by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of Basic Energy Research, Division of Materials Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC03-76SF00098, and by the NSF-NYI Program. One author (J.R.H.) acknowledges support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and a Dreyfus fellowship. A second author (G.M.) acknowledges support from the Fulbright Program. Two authors (B.D. and H.M.S.) acknowledge funding from the NSF (DMR-9408780). |
| Subject Keywords: | SILVER; THIN FILMS; TUNNEL EFFECT; CAPACITANCE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; COULOMB FIELD; GRAIN SIZE |
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:MARapl97 |
| Persistent URL: | http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MARapl97 |
| Alternative URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.119105 |
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| ID Code: | 4652 |
| Collection: | CaltechAUTHORS |
| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz |
| Deposited On: | 01 Sep 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Dec 2012 09:00 |
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