Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2005-02-28
Phys. Rev. B 71, 205412 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
5 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.71.205412
We report on the fabrication and current-voltage (IV) characteristics of very narrow, strip-like arrays of metal nanoparticles. The arrays were formed from gold nanocrystals self-assembled between in-plane electrodes. Local cross-linking of the ligands by exposure to a focused electron beam and subsequent removal of the unexposed regions produced arrays as narrow as four particles wide and sixty particles long, with high degree of structural ordering. Remarkably, even for such quasi-one-dimensional strips, we find nonlinear, power-law IV characteristics similar to that of much wider two-dimensional (2D) arrays. However, in contrast to the robust behavior of 2D arrays, the shape of the IV characteristics is much more sensitive to temperature changes and temperature cycling. Furthermore, at low temperatures we observe pronounced two-level current fluctuations, indicative of discrete rearrangements in the current paths. We associate this behavior with the inherent high sensitivity of single electron tunneling to the polarization caused by the quenched offset charges in the underlying substrate.
Elteto Klara
Jaeger Heinrich M.
Lin Xiao-Min
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