Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2001-06-03
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
14 pages, 13 figures. Figures were reformatted for better reproduction, some formulations were sharpened
Scientific paper
The non-equilibrium tunnel transport processes are considered in a square lattice of metallic nanogranules embedded into insulating host. Based on a simple model with three possible charging states (+,-, or 0) of a granule and three kinetic processes (creation or recombination of a +- pair, and charge transfer) between neighbor granules, the mean-field kinetic theory is developed, which takes into account the interplay between the charging energy and temperature and between the applied electric field and Coulomb fields by non-compensated charge density. The resulting charge and current distributions are found to depend essentially on the particular conditions in a granular layer, namely, in a free area (FA) or in contact areas (CA) under macroscopic metallic contacts. Thus, a steady state dc transport is only compatible with zero charge density and ohmic resistivity within FA, but charge accumulation and non-ohmic behavior are necessary for conduction over CA. The approximate analytic solutions are obtained for characteristic regimes (low or high charge density) of such conduction. Also non- stationary processes are considered, displaying a peculiar combination of two strongly different relaxation times. The comparison is done with the available transport data on similar experimental systems.
Pogorelov Yu. G.
Polido J. F.
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