Coulomb blockade and discrete energy levels in Au nanoparticles
- 28 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 73 (26) , 3959-3961
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.122949
Abstract
We describe a fabrication technique in which a nanoscale Au grain is connected to two Cr electrodes. Electron transport in our samples can be fitted to orthodox theory of single electron tunneling on a single particle. In one sample, we can resolve additional steps in current, which are interpreted as discrete quantum states of electrons added to the grain.Keywords
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